Unique ID | Name | Age | Gender | Race | Date | City | State | Latitude | Longitude | Agency involved | Cause of death | Intended use of force | Brief description | Supporting document link |
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7540 | Lionel Moore | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/03/2008 | Ramer | AL | 32.1853986 | -86.0983358 | Alabama Department of Corrections |
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| A collision between an 18-wheeler and an Alabama Department of Corrections van killed all seven occupants of the van—six applicants for prison jobs and the driver, corrections officer Rodney Kelley. The applicants, Julius Bouier, Lionel Moore, John Foye Jr., Brandon Anglin, Henry Simmons Sr., and Derrick Ivey were being driven from from a state prison near Union Springs to another DOC prison. | usatoday.com |
7541 | Julius Bouier | 26 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/03/2008 | Ramer | AL | 32.1853994 | -86.0983379 | Alabama Department of Corrections |
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| A collision between an 18-wheeler and an Alabama Department of Corrections van killed all seven occupants of the van—six applicants for prison jobs and the driver, corrections officer Rodney Kelley. The applicants, Julius Bouier, Lionel Moore, John Foye Jr., Brandon Anglin, Henry Simmons Sr., and Derrick Ivey were being driven from from a state prison near Union Springs to another DOC prison. | usatoday.com |
7542 | Rodney Kelley | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/03/2008 | Ramer | AL | 32.141235 | -86.00386 | Alabama Department of Corrections |
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| A collision between an 18-wheeler and an Alabama Department of Corrections van killed all seven occupants of the van—six applicants for prison jobs and the driver, corrections officer Rodney Kelley. The applicants, Julius Bouier, Lionel Moore, John Foye Jr., Brandon Anglin, Henry Simmons Sr., and Derrick Ivey were being driven from from a state prison near Union Springs to another DOC prison. | usatoday.com |
7546 | Sam Laframboise | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 10/04/2008 | South Burlington | VT | 44.4730182 | -73.1913688 | South Burlington Police Department |
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| Seven young people packed into a five-seater Nissan fled a police bust at an underage drinking party. Pursued by police, they crashed into another vehicle near a university campus. Jason Schumann and Sam Laframboise were both killed. | wcax.com |
7547 | Jason Schumann | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 10/04/2008 | South Burlington | VT | 44.4730182 | -73.1913688 | South Burlington Police Department |
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| Seven young people packed into a five-seater Nissan fled a police bust at an underage drinking party. Pursued by police, they crashed into another vehicle near a university campus. Jason Schumann and Sam Laframboise were both killed. | wcax.com |
7554 | Lanisha Brookins | 22 | Female | Race unspecified | 10/11/2008 | Dayton | OH | 39.843912 | -84.1922067 | Butler Township Police Department |
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| Butler Township police said that the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by James Reed III fled from a traffic stop, then Reed lost control and went airborne. The car landed on the concrete base of the Olive Garden restaurant sign killing Lanisha Brookins and Reed. | mydeathspace.com |
7555 | James Reed III | 28 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/11/2008 | Dayton | OH | 39.843912 | -84.1922067 | Butler Township Police Department |
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| Butler Township police said that the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by James Reed III fled from a traffic stop, then Reed lost control and went airborne. The car landed on the concrete base of the Olive Garden restaurant sign killing Lanisha Brookins and Reed. | mydeathspace.com |
7562 | Robert M. Reid | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/14/2008 | East St. Louis | IL | 38.612767 | -90.1398654 | St. Clair County Sheriff's Office |
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| Robert M. Reid died when he crashed his car while fleeing police. At around 2:20 a.m., deputies pulled Reid over after he reportedly disobeyed a stop sign. Reid allegedly tried to run the deputies over, drove away, and then flipped the car and became pinned inside. | topix.com |
21207 | Ndalima Yussuf Nzaro | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/14/2008 | Westland | MI | 42.338965 | -83.3507964 | Westland Police Department |
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| Police said they chased a 15-year-old driving a Mercedes Benz at around 1 a.m. The Mercedes lost control at Merriman, then crashed into a Honda Accord and a Ford van that were stopped at a red light. Ndalima Nzaro, the Honda's driver, died from his injuries two days later. The driver of the Mercedes was arrested after a foot chase, police said. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder. | westlandlibrary.org |
7564 | Deborah Diane Britton | 34 | Female | European-American/White | 10/15/2008 | Keller | TX | 32.9047753 | -97.3043976 | Cleburne Police Department |
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| Detectives approached Britton, named in eight forgery-related warrants. Britton entered her vehicle and drove away. Detectives pursued her while informing Fort Worth authorities about their location. During the pursuit, Britton jumped out of her moving vehicle and rolled onto Queenswood Court. She was pronounced dead at John Peter Smith Hospital. | google.com |
7565 | Sean Calvin Terry | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/17/2008 | Montgomery | AL | 32.3796618 | -86.3096488 | Montgomery Police Department |
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| Sean Calvin Terry was killed after he led police on a high speed chase through downtown Montgomery. | wsfa.com |
7569 | Miguel Gutierrez-Ornelas | 25 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/19/2008 | Portales | NM | 34.194533 | -103.3416915 | Portales Police Department |
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| A Portales police officer followed Ornelas' vehicle at a speed of about 50 mph with his lights on, after seeing the vehicle drive erratically. Officer Leslie Tibbs said Ornelas pulled away from him, accelerating and eventually crashing into a tree. | pntonline.com |
7573 | Maurice Cooper | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/20/2008 | Bradenton | FL | 27.4751897 | -82.5466201 | Manatee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Cooper was one of three narcotics suspects chased by an unmarked police car on a mid-morning Monday. The suspects' white Buick rammed the county vehicle, fled, ran a red light at a busy intersection, and collided with an air-conditioning van. Cooper, riding in the back seat, died in the crash. | heraldtribune.com |
7572 | John Charles Walters | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 10/20/2008 | Oakley | CA | 37.9832794 | -121.7163012 | Oakley Police Department |
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| Walters might have been responsible for as many as 20 daylight burglaries, as well as having an outstanding felony assault warrant. In a late-evening high-speed police chase Walters's motorcycle struck a passing Thunderbird at an intersection. He died at the scene. | siliconvalley.com |
7570 | Roy Stevenson | 17 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/20/2008 | Atlanta | GA | 33.7221789 | -84.4078569 | Atlanta Police Department |
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| Stevenson died after losing control while fleeing police, according to police. | google.com |
7582 | Mary Beth Shepard | 76 | Female | Race unspecified | 10/27/2008 | El Sobrante | CA | 37.9652891 | -122.2995694 | Richmond Police Department |
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| Mary Beth Shepard was killed when a driver fleeing police rear-ended the car in which she was riding. | sfgate.com |
7592 | Manuel "Shorty" Matute | 60 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/29/2008 | West Palm Beach | FL | 26.6507985 | -80.2033214 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office |
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| Matute died in a predawn collision as a county deputy fell asleep while driving home from work. The deputy, going about 75 MPH in a 50 MPH zone, crashed head-on into Matute's van, which was then forced into the front of a garbage truck. Although 100% at fault the deputy was not even ticketed. As of Dec 2014 Matute's family is still fighting to collect the $500K settlement from the state. | flsenate.gov |
23110 | David Harold Tarter | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/01/2008 | Buffalo Valley | TN | 36.1403726 | -85.7919258 | Jamestown Police Department |
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| Jamestown Police Assistant Chief Steve A. Taylor was chasing David Tarter, who was driving a 2005 Dodge pickup which ran off into the median, then traveled back across both eastbound lanes and off the right side of the road where it struck a rock wall, then ran back onto the roadway and hit a 2004 Toyota Corolla. Tarter was killed. | google.com |
21208 | Jeffrey Frazier | 32 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/04/2008 | Detroit | MI | 42.4171919 | -83.0570787 | Michigan State Police |
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| On Election Day, James Willingham, was driving home from the polls at around 3:30 pm on his motorcycle when he was reportedly hit by a state trooper's car with such force that his car was pushed into pedestrian Jeffrey Frazier and then crashed into a pole. Both Frazier and Williamham were killed. Police claimed they didn't hit Willingham, and that the crash occurred when Willingham fled after they tried to stop him for speeding. Diane Bukowski, a reporter whose story disputed the police version, was arrested at the scene for allegedly failing to comply with police. Bukowski said the officers erased photos from her camera after she was arrested. | metrotimes.com |
21209 | James Willingham | 42 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/04/2008 | Detroit | MI | 42.4171919 | -83.0570787 | Michigan State Police |
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| On Election Day, James Willingham, was driving home from the polls at around 3:30 pm on his motorcycle when he was reportedly hit by a state trooper's car with such force that his car was pushed into pedestrian Jeffrey Frazier and then crashed into a pole. Both Frazier and Williamham were killed. Police claimed they didn't hit Willingham, and that the crash occurred when Willingham fled after they tried to stop him for speeding. Diane Bukowski, a reporter whose story disputed the police version, was arrested at the scene for allegedly failing to comply with police. Bukowski said the officers erased photos from her camera after she was arrested. | metrotimes.com |
21939 | Herbert White | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/04/2008 | Phillipsburg | NJ | 40.6988389 | -75.166023 | Lopatcong Township Police Department |
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| Herbert White, 49, and Xavier Swinton, 42, were killed when police tried to pull over their motorcycle for not having brake lights or a license plate. They fled and crashed and died. | google.com |
21940 | Xavier Swinton | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/04/2008 | Phillipsburg | NJ | 40.6988389 | -75.166023 | Lopatcong Township Police Department |
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| Herbert White, 49, and Xavier Swinton, 42, were killed when police tried to pull over their motorcycle for not having brake lights or a license plate. They fled and crashed and died. | google.com |
7614 | Ryan Kanzler | 13 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/08/2008 | Seale | AL | 32.3507211 | -85.280113 | Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
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| Ryan Kanzler was killed when his ATV when collided with a pick-up truck driven by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Mark Jolly, who was reportedly following up on a complaint about night hunting. | wtvm.com |
7611 | Julius Daniel Comick | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/08/2008 | Houston | TX | 29.7288075 | -95.4633962 | Houston Police Department |
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| Officers R. Huerta and J. Jorsch responded to a burglary call. The complainant told officers that he had driven Comick out of his apartment at gunpoint. A security guard told officers that Comick had broken into a second apartment. Officers confronted Comick at the apartment. Comick smashed a window with his head. Officer Huerta struck him with a baton and tasered him. Comick left the apartment through the empty window-frame, ran across US Route 59 and was struck by a car. | google.com |
7618 | Bradley McElroy | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 11/09/2008 | Brandon | MS | 32.273109 | -89.9859178 | Brandon Police Department |
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| Bradley McElroy was killed when a Brandon police cruiser struck his car on Highway 80. Officer Justin MacLain was reportedly answering a burglary call, and was cleared of any wrong-doing. Attorneys for the McElroy family say that the police tried to cover up the facts of the case. | msnewsnow.com |
7617 | Kamille A. Allen | 18 | Female | African-American/Black | 11/09/2008 | St. Louis | MO | 38.7035388 | -90.2697415 | Normandy Police Department |
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| Passenger Kamille Allen was killed when the car she was in crashed during a high-speed police chase. Police said they attempted to stop the car for speeding at about 9:15 a.m. near I-70 and Lucas and Hunt Road, but the driver sped off. The car then hit a light pole and Allen died at the scene. Police claimed the officer was following the car and not actually chasing it. The driver, Carlos B. Bright, 25, was charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an accident. | stltoday.com |
22720 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 11/09/2008 | West Point | VA | 37.663703 | -76.9620758 | Virginia State Police |
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| An unidentified man was killed in a crash after leading police on a chase that spanned four counties and reached speeds of up to 125 mph. Police were chasing him for speeding. | google.com | |
7619 | Name withheld by police | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/10/2008 | Cleveland | OH | 41.5037163 | -81.6298288 | Cleveland Police Department |
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| A man was killed and his teenage passenger was seriously injured in Cleveland when the stolen car they were in crashed into a pole as they tried to evade police. | google.com |
7621 | Richard Hamilton | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/11/2008 | Mobile | AL | 30.661235 | -88.2072613 | Mobile Police Department |
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| Local police chased a stolen 1993 Mustang convertible with four teenagers. The Mustang crashed, ejecting all four. Aaron Blake Cartee was killed outright. Richard Hamilton died later. The driver, Cartee's half-brother, was charged with two counts of murder. | ar15.com |
7622 | Aaron Blake Cartee | 17 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/11/2008 | Mobile | AL | 30.661235 | -88.2072613 | Mobile Police Department |
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| Local police chased a stolen 1993 Mustang convertible with four teenagers. The Mustang crashed, ejecting all four. Aaron Blake Cartee was killed outright. Richard Hamilton died later. The driver, Cartee's half-brother, was charged with two counts of murder. | ar15.com |
23111 | Eric Cason | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/13/2008 | Lebanon | TN | 36.2778554 | -86.2234456 | Lebanon Police Department, Wilson County Sheriff's Office |
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| Eric Cason was killed in a motorcycle accident while fleeing Lebanon Police officers and Wilson County Sheriff's deputies. Cason was killed after he failed to negotiate a curve at the intersection of Hartsville Pike and Beasley's Bend Road and crashed. | google.com |
7627 | Justin Joseph Jeffries | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 11/13/2008 | San Antonio | TX | 29.4241219 | -98.4936282 | San Antonio Police Department |
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| An officer tried to pull Jeffries over for speeding and on suspicion of drunken driving. Jeffries sped away. The officer broke off the pursuit. Jeffries crashed into a tree. | google.com |
7636 | Mia Cynthia Alberson | 43 | Female | Race unspecified | 11/15/2008 | Wichita | KS | 37.7227209 | -97.3042152 | Kansas Highway Patrol |
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| State trooper Eric Molleker was chasing Jennifer Shaun Stilley for speeding when Stilley's Chevrolet Cobalt hit a Buick Century driven by Mia Cynthia Alberson, killing Stilley, Alberson, and Alberson's passenger Peggy R. King. Two other people were injured in the crash. Molleker was later cleared by the Kansas Highway Patrol. | kake.com |
7637 | Peggy R. King | 44 | Female | Race unspecified | 11/15/2008 | Wichita | KS | 37.7227209 | -97.3042152 | Kansas Highway Patrol |
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| State trooper Eric Molleker was chasing Jennifer Shaun Stilley for speeding when Stilley's Chevrolet Cobalt hit a Buick Century driven by Mia Cynthia Alberson, killing Stilley, Alberson, and Alberson's passenger Peggy R. King. Two other people were injured in the crash. Molleker was later cleared by the Kansas Highway Patrol. | kake.com |
7635 | Jennifer Shaun Stilley | 24 | Female | European-American/White | 11/15/2008 | Wichita | KS | 37.7227209 | -97.3042152 | Kansas Highway Patrol |
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| State trooper Eric Molleker was chasing Jennifer Shaun Stilley for speeding when Stilley's Chevrolet Cobalt hit a Buick Century driven by Mia Cynthia Alberson, killing Stilley, Alberson, and Alberson's passenger Peggy R. King. Two other people were injured in the crash. Molleker was later cleared by the Kansas Highway Patrol. | ljworld.com |
20340 | Vincent Pierson | 81 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/15/2008 | Jenkins Township | PA | 41.3089276 | -75.7951387 | Pennsylvania State Police |
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| Vincent Pierson was a bank robbery suspect who died during a gunfire-fueled chase on Interstate 83. | google.com |
7644 | Omar Ibanez-Torres | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/17/2008 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3384524 | -98.552372 | Texas Department of Public Safety, Natalia Police Department |
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| Troopers and Natalia Officer E. Banks tried to conduct a traffic stop on a reportedly-stolen vehicle. The driver of the Toyota sped away, lost control and crashed. Ibanez-Torres was one of three men who died in the crash. All three are described as immigrants by mysanantonio.com. | google.com |
7643 | Augustus Garcia Hernandez | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/20/2008 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3384524 | -98.552372 | Texas Department of Public Safety, Natalia Police Department |
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| Troopers and Natalia Officer E. Banks tried to conduct a traffic stop on a reportedly-stolen vehicle. The driver of the Toyota sped away, lost control and crashed. Hernandez was one of three men who died in the crash. All three are described as immigrants by mysanantonio.com. | google.com |
22426 | Rosetta Angel Gresham | 16 | Female | European-American/White | 11/21/2008 | Fort Wayne | IN | 41.0665922 | -85.1559995 | Fort Wayne Police Department |
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| Corey L. Swangim, 17, drove while high on drugs, sideswiped a parked car and led Fort Wayne police on a chase before losing control and slamming his Chevrolet Camaro into a tree, killing his fiancee, 16-year-old Rosetta A. Gresham. | news-sentinel.com |
7650 | Morris Feaster | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/23/2008 | Pinellas Park | FL | 27.857454 | -82.7002503 | St. Petersburg Police Department |
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| Local police on routine patrol around 3:30 a.m. spotted Feaster, suspected he was driving under the influence, and attempted to stop his car. He fled instead. Police claimed to have abandoned the chase before Feaster lost control, slammed into a tree, and sustained fatal wounds. | tbnweekly.com |
21942 | Joselin Breton | 34 | Female | Race unspecified | 11/25/2008 | Newark | NJ | 40.7539394 | -74.1924046 | East Orange Police Department |
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| Joselin Breton, 34, and Anevdy Breton, 10, were heading to their home a few blocks away after visiting Joselin's mother when their 2001 Toyota Corolla was struck by an Acura at 11 p.m. Breton and her son were thrown from the vehicle, according to authorities. The 2006 Acura, which was stolen out of Clifton, was being chased by East Orange police just 15 minutes before it struck Breton's vehicle. Police said the officers cut off the chase at the Newark border, but they continued to speed | www.nj.com |
21943 | Anevdy Breton | 10 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/25/2008 | Newark | NJ | 40.7539394 | -74.1924046 | East Orange Police Department |
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| Joselin Breton, 34, and Anevdy Breton, 10, were heading to their home a few blocks away after visiting Joselin's mother when their 2001 Toyota Corolla was struck by an Acura at 11 p.m. Breton and her son were thrown from the vehicle, according to authorities. The 2006 Acura, which was stolen out of Clifton, was being chased by East Orange police just 15 minutes before it struck Breton's vehicle. Police said the officers cut off the chase at the Newark border, but they continued to speed | www.nj.com |
7662 | Tyrone Tucker | 68 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/27/2008 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0394967 | -118.265646 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Tyrone Tucker was killed when his pickup truck was hit by a vehicle that ran a red light while fleeing police on Thanksgiving Day. The other driver, Daryl Lynch, who was 19 at the time, was convicted in February 2011 of one count each of first-degree murder, carjacking, second-degree robbery, evading an officer causing death and attempted carjacking. | dailynews.com |
7663 | William Marion | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/27/2008 | Corinth | MS | 34.916315 | -88.5447192 | Tennessee Highway Patrol, Selmer Police Department |
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| William Marion died after his car was struck by an SUV being chased by a Tennessee police car in Corinth, Mississippi. The chase crossed state lines. Corinth Police Chief David Lancaster said the Tennessee officers had turned off their sirens and flashers about four miles from the state line. The SUV apparently lost control just after leaving Highway 45 and hit marion's car in the turn lane. The driver climbing a fence and got away. | msnewsnow.com |
7665 | Raja Krishna Velu | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/29/2008 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0046236 | -118.3473728 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Raja Krishna Velu was killed after he led police on a high-speed chase through a hillside residential neighborhood in View Park and hit a parked car and a concrete light pole. | latimes.com |
19067 | James Ellie Brogden | 67 | Male | European-American/White | 11/29/2008 | Gaffney | SC | 35.1253807 | -81.6297889 | Cherokee County Sheriff's Office |
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| James Ellie Brogden died after Aaron Christopher Saunders used a Case 821 front-end loader with a forklift appendage to hoist a 2005 Toyota and drop the vehicle on Brogden, police said. Police then shot and killed Saunders. | freerepublic.com |
7667 | Anthony Thomas | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/29/2008 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6942455 | -90.260593 | St. Charles County Sheriff's Office |
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| Brothers Anthony Thomas and Darrell Thomas were killed when the 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt they'd allegedly carjacked collided with a different stolen car after a police chase on I-70. The Cobalt was first pursued by a St. Charles County sheriff's deputy on his way downtown at around 7 p.m. The driver, Anthony Thomas, tried to elude police by going the wrong way on the expressway. The Cobalt crashed into a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix which was also, coincidentally, stolen. Both Thomases were killed and four people were injured in the collision. | highbeam.com |
7668 | Darrell Thomas | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/29/2008 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6942455 | -90.260593 | St. Charles County Sheriff's Office |
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| Brothers Anthony Thomas and Darrell Thomas were killed when the 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt they'd allegedly carjacked collided with a different stolen car after a police chase on I-70. The Cobalt was first pursued by a St. Charles County sheriff's deputy on his way downtown at around 7 p.m. The driver, Anthony Thomas, tried to elude police by going the wrong way on the expressway. The Cobalt crashed into a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix which was also, coincidentally, stolen. Both Thomases were killed and four people were injured in the collision. | highbeam.com |
7684 | Jason Allen Siebert | 32 | Male | European-American/White | 12/06/2008 | Long Beach | CA | 33.7717061 | -118.1524066 | Long Beach Police Department |
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| Jason Allen Siebert was killed when a suspect fleeing from police ran a red light and broadsided his car. | gazettes.com |
21215 | Evan Lee Dame | 14 | Male | European-American/White | 12/06/2008 | Shelbyville | MI | 42.6051411 | -85.6421791 | Allegan County Sheriff's Office |
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| 14-year-old Evan Lee Dame was one of four people in a car that reportedly slid into the path of a patrol car driven by Deputy David Miller. Police said Miller was responding at around 10:40 p.m. to an emergency call. Conditions were reportedly poor—it was snowing and the county road was ice-covered and slippery—when Miller's cruiser struck the car on the passenger side. Dame, who was in the back seat, died at a hospital the next day. Another passenger in the car suffered serious injuries. Miller and his passenger, reserve officer David Quarry, were treated and released. | mlive.com |
7690 | Agustin Garcia Hernandez | 32 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/07/2008 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3384524 | -98.552372 | Texas Department of Public Safety, Natalia Police Department |
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| Troopers and Natalia Officer E. Banks tried to conduct a traffic stop on a reportedly-stolen vehicle. The driver of the Toyota sped away, lost control and crashed. Torres was one of three men who died in the crash. All three are described as undocumented immigrants. The other two killed were Agustin Garcia Hernandez and Omar Ibanez Torres. | mysanantonio.com |
7691 | David Medina Torres | 59 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/07/2008 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3384524 | -98.552372 | Texas Department of Public Safety, Natalia Police Department |
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| Troopers and Natalia Officer E. Banks tried to conduct a traffic stop on a reportedly-stolen vehicle. The driver of the Toyota sped away, lost control and crashed. Torres was one of three men who died in the crash. All three are described as undocumented immigrants. The other two killed were Agustin Garcia Hernandez and Omar Ibanez Torres. | mysanantonio.com |
7692 | Omar Ibanez Torres | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 12/07/2008 | San Antonio | TX | 29.3384524 | -98.552372 | Texas Department of Public Safety, Natalia Police Department |
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| Troopers and Natalia Officer E. Banks tried to conduct a traffic stop on a reportedly-stolen vehicle. The driver of the Toyota sped away, lost control and crashed. Torres was one of three men who died in the crash. All three are described as undocumented immigrants. The other two killed were Agustin Garcia Hernandez and Omar Ibanez Torres. | mysanantonio.com |
7693 | Atanasije Conic | 83 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/07/2008 | Daytona Beach | FL | 29.2134269 | -81.03812 | Daytona Beach Police Department |
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| Conic spent five months in a coma before finally surrendering to the injuries from a car crash with a suspect chased by police. The 21-year-old suspect drove a stolen SUV and had refused to pull over for a traffic stop, causing several crashes. He was ultimately charged with vehicular homicide. | theledger.com |
7696 | Veronica Davis | 50 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/08/2008 | Sanford | FL | 28.7865835 | -81.2934939 | Lake Mary Police Department |
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| Suspecting narcotics dealing, police made a traffic stop on a white Cadillac with Davis and her two brothers. The Cadillac lurched away with police in pursuit, topping 100 MPH before skidding out of control and flipping several times. Davis was killed. A question developed about which of the men had been driving and therefore who would be charged for her vehicular homicide. | orlandosentinel.com |
7701 | Dominique Currington | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/10/2008 | Oakland | CA | 37.8273555 | -122.2925181 | Oakland Police Department |
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| Passenger Dominique Currington was killed in a crash near the Bay Bridge after the driver fled a traffic stop. | insidebayarea.com |
21216 | Chad Joseph Ousley | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/10/2008 | Munith | MI | 42.3738394 | -84.2092831 | Michigan State Police |
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| According to police, Chad Ousley was heading north on Mount Hope Road around 10:13 p.m. when a trooper saw him driving erratically and stopped his 1996 Chevrolet pickup truck. As the trooper approached the pickup, Ousley reportedly started spinning his tires and took off at a high rate of speed. Police said the trooper chased Ousley for about five minutes to Hannewald Road, where Mount Hope comes to a "T". Ousley continued through the intersection, hit a stop sign, drove into a field, and struck a tree. | mlive.com |
22744 | Angela Marie Crusenberry | 26 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/10/2008 | Bristol | TN | 36.5595595 | -82.0094094 | Sullivan County Sheriff's Office |
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| About 8 p.m. a deputy attempted to stop a car on State Route 421, police said. April Ann Dishner, 28, refused to pull over and continued onto Patty Branch Road, which is a dead end. When the deputy saw the vehicle on the side of the road, he pulled his cruiser up next to it. Angela M. Crusenberry jumped from the passenger side, and Dishner allegedly backed over her in an attempt to get away, killing Crusenberry. | timesnews.net |
7705 | Dwayne Bullock | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/12/2008 | Dayton | OH | 39.7526345 | -84.1899584 | Dayton Police Department |
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| Dwayne Bullock, 31, of Xenia was killed when Antwan Rhines, 22, driving a stolen car ran a red light. | claytond.com |
7706 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 12/13/2008 | Vacaville | CA | 38.34507 | -121.9969288 | California Highway Patrol |
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| A man was killed when a high-speed police pursuit ended in a fiery crash in Vacaville. | sfgate.com | |
7707 | Name withheld by police | Race unspecified | 12/14/2008 | Winston | GA | 33.7190299 | -84.8297748 | DeKalb County Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office |
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| Six alleged carjackers were injured and a seventh was killed when an allegedly stolen truck crashed into a ravine on Interstate 20 in Douglas County during a high-speed police chase. | google.com | ||
7718 | Arron K. Shields | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/18/2008 | Louisville | KY | 38.2254749 | -85.7569438 | Louisville Metro Police Department |
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| A pair of twins, their brother and their friend all died as passengers in an Accord when it hit a pole in a high-speed police chase. The driver hadn't told them the car was stolen. He was charged with four counts of murder. Dead: Jemar Claybrooks, Demar Claybrooks, Marc Claybrooks, and Arron K. Shields. | wkyt.com |
7719 | Marc Claybrooks | 14 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/18/2008 | Louisville | KY | 38.2254749 | -85.7569438 | Louisville Metro Police Department |
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| A pair of twins, their brother and their friend all died as passengers in an Accord when it hit a pole in a high-speed police chase. The driver hadn't told them the car was stolen. He was charged with four counts of murder. Dead: Jemar Claybrooks, Demar Claybrooks, Marc Claybrooks, and Arron K. Shields. | wkyt.com |
7720 | Demar Claybrooks | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/18/2008 | Louisville | KY | 38.2254749 | -85.7569438 | Louisville Metro Police Department |
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| A pair of twins, their brother and their friend all died as passengers in an Accord when it hit a pole in a high-speed police chase. The driver hadn't told them the car was stolen. He was charged with four counts of murder. Dead: Jemar Claybrooks, Demar Claybrooks, Marc Claybrooks, and Arron K. Shields. | wkyt.com |
7721 | Jemar Claybrooks | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/18/2008 | Louisville | KY | 38.2254749 | -85.7569438 | Louisville Metro Police Department |
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| A pair of twins, their brother and their friend all died as passengers in an Accord when it hit a pole in a high-speed police chase. The driver hadn't told them the car was stolen. He was charged with four counts of murder. Dead: Jemar Claybrooks, Demar Claybrooks, Marc Claybrooks, and Arron K. Shields. | wkyt.com |
7716 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 12/18/2008 | Atlanta | GA | 33.8123547 | -84.364692 | Georgia State Patrol |
|
| Two men died in a fiery crash after their sports car launched off the side of a highway overpass and shattered into pieces on the roadway below. The pair, riding in a yellow Corvette, were being chased at high speeds by Georgia State Patrol. | google.com | |
7717 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 12/18/2008 | Atlanta | GA | 33.8123547 | -84.364692 | Georgia State Patrol |
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| Two men died in a fiery crash after their sports car launched off the side of a highway overpass and shattered into pieces on the roadway below. The pair, riding in a yellow Corvette, were being chased at high speeds by Georgia State Patrol. | google.com | |
22377 | Onterrio T. "Terry" Sharp | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/25/2008 | Evansville | IN | 37.9747237 | -87.4926773 | Evansville Police Department |
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| Daniel Joe English, 34, fleeing police in an allegedly drunken state, caused an accident on Christmas night that killed Onterrio T. "Terry" Sharp. | courierpress.com |
7738 | Brittany Elaine Weiss | 19 | Female | European-American/White | 12/25/2008 | Canton | GA | 34.254612 | -84.482187 | Canton Police Department |
|
| An officer pulled Wauschek over on Riverstone Parkway, but police say he took off without warning. Officers gave chase. Meanwhile, Brittany Elaine Weiss and Kassandra Aileen Carmen, both 19, were leaving a nearby movie theater together. Police said Wauschek slammed into them as they turned left onto Reinhardt College Parkway from Riverstone Parkway. Weiss, who was driving, died at the scene. | udadd.com |
7740 | Ronald Mark Berry | 43 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/25/2008 | Wilmington | NC | 34.2224379 | -77.917962 | New Hanover County Sheriff's Office |
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| Early Christmas morning Berry easily eluded several deputies who tried to box him in at a Dairy Queen—waving goodbye at them—and started a short pursuit that ended when he lost control of his car and fatally crashed into a stand of trees. Officials did not disclose their initial reason for stopping him and staunchly defended the chase, even as another dangerous chase in the same week drew sharp questions from the public. | starnewsonline.com |
22378 | Lindsay Kay Van Dyke | 23 | Female | European-American/White | 12/27/2008 | Greenfield | IN | 42.9303992 | -87.9637071 | Hancock County Sheriff's Office |
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| A sheriff's deputy tried to stop a suspected drunken driver. Police say the 23-year-old woman refused to stop and sped west into Indianapolis at speeds up to 100 mph. Indianapolis police then joined the pursuit, which ended when Lindsay Van Dyke's car hit a tree, killing her. | google.com |
7748 | Stacey Blount | 45 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/29/2008 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.668337 | -73.906818 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Three or four NYPD vehicles were in hot pursuit of a stolen 2003 Ford van when the vehicle struck and killed Blount, a Gulf War veteran and the mother of two. | nydailynews.com |
7751 | Michael Pflueger | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/30/2008 | Melbourne | FL | 28.0998514 | -80.6227097 | Melbourne Police Department |
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| Johnnie Turley and Michael Pflueger were fleeing from police for traffic violations when Pflueger lost control of the Nissan sportscar and crashed into trees. The driver died at the scene, and Turley was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly afterward. | floridatoday.com |
7752 | Johnnie Turley | 40 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/30/2008 | Melbourne | FL | 28.0998514 | -80.6227097 | Melbourne Police Department |
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| Johnnie Turley and Michael Pflueger were fleeing from police for traffic violations when Pflueger lost control of the Nissan sportscar and crashed into trees. The driver died at the scene, and Turley was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly afterward. | floridatoday.com |
7756 | Wayne Medeiros Jr. | 36 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 01/01/2009 | Waipahu | HI | 21.3898645 | -158.0046044 | Honolulu Police Department |
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| Medeiros was fleeing a police stop when he crashed his motorcycle and died. | honoluluadvertiser.com |
7757 | Juan Carlos Scott | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/01/2009 | Decatur | AL | 34.608405 | -86.979371 | Decatur Police Department |
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| Juan Carlos Scott died when the car he was driving flipped five times while being pursued by Decatur Police and crashed through a display window of a Sixth Avenue store. | decaturdaily.com |
7762 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 01/02/2009 | Alexander | AR | 34.6464429 | -92.4444347 | Arkansas State Police |
|
| A man driving a motorcycle refused to pull over on Interstate 430, when a state trooper spotted him speeding. The chase ended on Highway 5 in Saline County when the motorcyclist crashed into a utility pole. | google.com | |
7771 | Megan Leeann Wilkinson | 20 | Female | European-American/White | 01/08/2009 | Santa Fe | NM | 35.5869802 | -106.0577734 | New Mexico State Police |
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| Wilkinson crashed a stolen sport-utility vehicle into construction-crane rig during a police chase. | santafenewmexican.com |
7776 | Homero Rosales Jr. | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/10/2009 | Houston | TX | 29.7272251 | -95.2853591 | Houston Police Department |
|
| Rosales was struck and killed in his Ford Expedition after a brief police chase of a teenager in a stolen F-350 in black. The teen suspect said that he'd "found" the F-350, that he didn't want to go to jail, that he didn't "have no driver's license or nothing." | chron.com |
7778 | Jaria Nhean | 28 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 01/11/2009 | Ontario | CA | 34.0771443 | -117.5449378 | California Highway Patrol |
|
| Jaria Nhean was killed when he hit a curb and was thrown from his motorcycle, then struck by an SUV after being chased by the CHP. | inlandnewstoday.com |
7780 | Name withheld by police | Race unspecified | 01/11/2009 | Pueblo | CO | 38.63856 | -104.6774239 | El Paso County Sheriff's Office |
|
| After a collision resulted in a death, this person stole a car and fled. After a high speed chase, the vehicle rolled and the drive was killed. | google.com | ||
7790 | Keith Shoemaker | 51 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/13/2009 | Birmingham | AL | 33.5873618 | -86.7007731 | Birmingham Police Department |
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| Keith Shoemaker was killed when his car was struck by one fleeing police. | blog.al.com |
7788 | Franklin Tyler Lonberger | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 01/13/2009 | Edina | MO | 40.161997 | -92.142611 | Edina Police Department |
|
| Jesse Shrouf and Franklin Tyler Lonberger were killed when their car crashed after a police chase. According to police, an officer had started pursuing the car because it appeared to be speeding. After losing the car, the officer reportedly called off the chase. The crash apparently happened a short time later when Shrouf's car failed to negotiate a curve and went off the left side of the road, became airborne and struck a ditch before coming to rest in a farm field. | kirksvilledailyexpress.com |
7789 | Jesse Shrouf | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 01/13/2009 | Edina | MO | 40.161997 | -92.142611 | Edina Police Department |
|
| Jesse Shrouf and Franklin Tyler Lonberger were killed when their car crashed after a police chase. According to police, an officer had started pursuing the car because it appeared to be speeding. After losing the car, the officer reportedly called off the chase. The crash apparently happened a short time later when Shrouf's car failed to negotiate a curve and went off the left side of the road, became airborne and struck a ditch before coming to rest in a farm field. | kirksvilledailyexpress.com |
21719 | Charles Quinones | 37 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/13/2009 | Havre De Grace | MD | 39.5734117 | -76.1414963 | Maryland State Police |
|
| Willie S. Robertson was apparently working with the Drug Enforcement Agency to nail his son-in-law Charles Quinones. Troopers tried to pull Quinones over after a pickup, and he fled, eventually crashing and killing both men. | google.com |
21720 | Willie S. Robertson | 74 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/13/2009 | Havre De Grace | MD | 39.5734117 | -76.1414963 | Maryland State Police |
|
| Willie S. Robertson was apparently working with the Drug Enforcement Agency to nail his son-in-law Charles Quinones. Troopers tried to pull Quinones over after a pickup, and he fled, eventually crashing and killing both men. | google.com |
7794 | Matthew Brice Ogden | 86 | Male | European-American/White | 01/14/2009 | Jacksonville | FL | 30.3522742 | -81.5634537 | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office |
|
| Speeding 98 MPH in a 40 MPH zone, without lights or siren, a local officer struck and killed Ogden. The officer was sentenced to a year of probation and 100 hours of community service, after admitting to culpable negligence. | jacksonville.com |
19925 | Brandon Plummer | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/16/2009 | Lancaster | KY | 37.5857987 | -84.5341544 | Lancaster Police Department |
|
| Brandon Plummer was killed in a head-on collision with Carlos Cunningham. Detective William Lake and Officer Timothy Royce were chasing Cunningham, who was driving erratically and dangerously. Both Cunningham and Plummer were killed. | casetext.com |
19928 | Carlos Cunningham | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/16/2009 | Lancaster | KY | 37.5857987 | -84.5341544 | Lancaster Police Department |
|
| Brandon Plummer was killed in a head-on collision with Carlos Cunningham. Detective William Lake and Officer Timothy Royce were chasing Cunningham, who was driving erratically and dangerously. Both Cunningham and Plummer were killed. | casetext.com |
20435 | Keith D. Harvey Jr. | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/24/2009 | York | PA | 40.0048452 | -76.7256188 | Pennsylvania State Police |
|
| Keith Douglas Harvey Jr., 19, was killed after he lost control of the Honda Civic he was driving, rolled the car several times and was ejected, according to police. He was fleeing a traffic stop and his passenger was seriously injured. | google.com |
21223 | Michael Jago II | 23 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 01/26/2009 | Newberry | MI | 46.3034382 | -85.4887059 | Michigan State Police |
|
| According to police, troopers Christopher Archer and Donald Carrick were traveling eastbound on M-28 at approximately 11:05 p.m. when their vehicle collided with a second vehicle that had proceeded through the intersection at County Road 403. The driver, Michael Jago II, died at the scene. Archer seriously damaged bones in his face. Carrick was hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Jago was the son of Luce County's undersheriff. | nbc25news.com |
7818 | Matthew Wayne McCoy | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 01/26/2009 | Zwolle | LA | 31.6553916 | -93.6334221 | Zwolle Police Department |
|
| Matthew Wayne McCoy was killed fleeing from police when his pickup truck ran off the road and wrecked. | ktbs.com |
7823 | Luis Arnoldo Vanegas Palma | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/28/2009 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0301989 | -118.3899566 | Culver City Police Department |
|
| Culver City police Sgt. Curtis Massey was killed in a head-on collision with Luis Arnoldo Vanegas Palma, who was driving the wrong way and also died in the crash. | latimes.com |
7822 | Curtis Massey | 41 | Male | European-American/White | 01/28/2009 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0301989 | -118.3899566 | Culver City Police Department |
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| Culver City police Sgt. Curtis Massey was killed in a head-on collision with Luis Arnoldo Vanegas Palma, who was driving the wrong way and also died in the crash. | latimes.com |
7824 | Devon Keeten | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/29/2009 | Fontana | CA | 34.1188736 | -117.4184077 | California Highway Patrol |
|
| 15-year-old Devon Keeten, his brother Dylan Green, 9, and friend Moses Guzman, 11, were all killed when their car crashed through a cinderblock wall and into a house while being chased by the CHP. | sfgate.com |
7825 | Moses Guzman | 11 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 01/29/2009 | Fontana | CA | 34.1188736 | -117.4184077 | California Highway Patrol |
|
| 15-year-old Devon Keeten, his brother Dylan Green, 9, and friend Moses Guzman, 11, were all killed when their car crashed through a cinderblock wall and into a house while being chased by the CHP. | sfgate.com |
7826 | Dylan Green | 9 | Male | African-American/Black | 01/29/2009 | Fontana | CA | 34.1188736 | -117.4184077 | California Highway Patrol |
|
| 15-year-old Devon Keeten, his brother Dylan Green, 9, and friend Moses Guzman, 11, were all killed when their car crashed through a cinderblock wall and into a house while being chased by the CHP. | sfgate.com |
19122 | James Clinton Brooks | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/29/2009 | Taylors | SC | 34.9195595 | -82.3073928 | Greenville County Sheriff's Office |
|
| A deputy was chasing a DUI suspect on Main Street in Taylors, when the suspect crossed the centerline and hit another vehicle head-on. The suspect was killed, the two passengers in the other vehicle were not seriously injured. | google.com |
7829 | Sharnice Roeshell Johnson | 21 | Female | African-American/Black | 01/30/2009 | Davenport | IA | 41.5200359 | -90.6140881 | Davenport Police Department |
|
| Just after 7 a.m., police began following a Jeep Grand Cherokee matching the description of one sought in a reported home invasion. The driver reportedly accelerated, reaching speeds of 80 mph during the seven-block pursuit that ended when the SUV hit a tree along an ice-packed, rutted street. Passenger Sharnice Johnson died at the scene. The driver, Pachino Hill, and another passenger were injured. Hill, 30, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. | qctimes.com |
22421 | Jean Scziglak | 42 | Female | Race unspecified | 01/30/2009 | Gary | IN | 41.5371263 | -87.3982783 | Gary Police Department, Lake County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Gary police initiated a pursuit for unspecified reasons, police said. The pursued, Jean Scziglak, 42, and Jeffrey Scziglak, 51, died in a rollover crash. | nwitimes.com |
22422 | Jeffrey J. Scziglak | 51 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/30/2009 | Gary | IN | 41.5371263 | -87.3982783 | Gary Police Department, Lake County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Gary police initiated a pursuit for unspecified reasons, police said. The pursued, Jean Scziglak, 42, and Jeffrey Scziglak, 51, died in a rollover crash. | nwitimes.com |
7832 | Kristina Fertig | 20 | Female | European-American/White | 01/31/2009 | Cheyenne | WY | 41.1404709 | -104.8189457 | Laramie County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Fertig died as deputies chased her 1980 Toyota down US Hwy 85 at 2 a.m., and she slammed into an 18-wheeler. Some circumstances of the incident suggested she was intent on killing herself. | trib.com |
7839 | James Estes | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 02/03/2009 | Hampton | FL | 29.8452922 | -82.2196742 | Bradford County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Estes was the main suspect in two armed convenience-store robberies. He died as the result of a police chase and shootout at a rural intersection, his body recognized by reporters in his rolled KIA SUV by his "crazy pajama bottom" pants. | gainesville.com |
7850 | Marilyn Feng | 25 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 02/07/2009 | Manhattan | NY | 40.7098322 | -74.0150523 | Jersey City Police Department |
|
| An off-duty Jersey City police officer struck and killed pedestrian Feng and seriously injured her boyfriend as they walked home from tango lessons near Battery City Park. The officer was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. | nydailynews.com |
22146 | James Walsh | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/09/2009 | South Orange | NJ | 40.746141 | -74.2592031 | Orange Police Department |
|
| James Walsh was killed by Frank Bradley Jr., 30, in South Orange while walking with his daughter, after the two had just finished dinner at a local restaurant. Walsh, 49, had been visiting the teen, who is a student at Seton Hall University. Bradley was fleeing police and received 13 years in prison for the death. | www.nj.com |
7864 | Azinta Thompson | 69 | Female | Race unspecified | 02/10/2009 | Lake Worth | FL | 26.5892757 | -80.1377399 | Greenacres Department of Public Safety |
|
| Thompson's car collided with a local patrol car, responding to a call with lights and siren on, as she executed a left turn. The officer was initially charged with vehicular homicide but the charges were later dropped. | sun-sentinel.com |
7883 | Keith "Tito" MacNeice Jr. | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/20/2009 | Chicago | IL | 41.8905965 | -87.702801 | Chicago Police Department |
|
| Keith "Tito" MacNeice Jr. was killed when he crashed his car during a police-chase that began with a stop sign violation. MacNeice's mother's lawsuit dragged on for six years before the city admitted that videos it had long denied existed had been erased or recorded over. In November 2015, MacNeice's mother won a $2.75 million verdict against the city from a Cook County jury. | suntimes.com |
7891 | Ana-Yency Velasquez | 23 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 02/23/2009 | Miami | FL | 25.8769061 | -80.218369 | Miami-Dade Police Department |
|
| Velasquez was killed when a county officer in pursuit of a suspect, travelling at a high rate of speed without lights or siren, blew through a stop sign and collided with her car. The impact threw her car through the exterior wall of a nearby house. The Florida legislature put through a special bill to fund the $1M settlement to her family. | flsenate.gov |
7893 | Larry Burnett | 74 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/25/2009 | Malvern | AR | 34.3646724 | -92.7841915 | Arkansas State Police |
|
| Jerry Collins allegedly led an Arkansas State Police trooper on a chase into downtown Malvern before crashing into another motorist, Larry Burnett, who later died. Collins was charged with manslaughter. | google.com |
7903 | Christian Osuna aka Christian Paraza | 20 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/01/2009 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8249575 | -117.9708934 | Anaheim Police Department |
|
| Christian Osuna was killed after his motorcycle crashed during a police chase in Anaheim. | tumblr.com |
7912 | Willie Lee Williams | 86 | Female | Race unspecified | 03/04/2009 | Brighton | AL | 33.442126 | -86.9414089 | Midfield Police Department |
|
| Willie Lee Williams was a passenger who was killed when the truck she was riding in collided with a car fleeing police. | blog.al.com |
7917 | Arnell Robinson | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/06/2009 | Washington | DC | 38.9085692 | -77.0161776 | Washington Metropolitan Police Department |
|
| Robinson on an unregistered motorbike and an MDC officer in an unmarked Ford Taurus collided in a narrow street. The accident severed Robinson's aorta and he bled to death. The officer and later official reviews described this as an accident. Witnesses, initially including the officer's passenger, saw a deliberate act. | washingtoncitypaper.com |
7921 | John A. Gilbert | 34 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/07/2009 | Junction City | KY | 37.584796 | -84.7792845 | Junction City Police Department |
|
| Gilbert died fleeing from local police pursuing him for speeding just after midnight. He lost control of his Chevrolet on a locally notorious turn, "Toombs Curve." The same small municipal jurisdiction saw another fatality in a chase, David K. Bugg, the following month. | centralkynews.com |
21227 | Joel Adler | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 03/07/2009 | White Lake | MI | 42.6575938 | -83.4639217 | Waterford Township Police Department, White Lake Township Police Department |
|
| Police said an Waterford Township officer on patrol saw a 1995 Jeep Cherokee driving erratically without headlights on Highland near Williams Lake at 2 a.m. The Jeep stopped for a red light before continuing west on Highland Road for about one mile. According to police, a White Lake Township officer also arrived, as the Jeep sped off south on Sunnybeach, left the roadway and hit a tree. Passenger Joel Adler died at the scene. The driver was hospitalized with serious injuries. | theoaklandpress.com |
7928 | Jim McIntosh | 82 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/09/2009 | Lake Charles | LA | 30.213015 | -93.196084 | Lake Charles Police Department |
|
| Jim McIntosh died when his car was T-boned by a car driven by Officer David Bray in an intersection. | kplctv.com |
7932 | Orlando Gonzales Salcido | 26 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 03/10/2009 | Tucson | AZ | 32.1159188 | -111.0439652 | Pascua Yaqui Police Department |
|
| A tribal officer recognized Salcido as wanted on multiple warrants. Salcido fled off tribal land and into a residential area, where his vehicle struck a parked Jeep in a driveway. The collision killed him. | tucsoncitizen.com |
7938 | Loren M. Ryan | 20 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/12/2009 | St. Charles | MO | 38.760618 | -90.534356 | Missouri State Highway Patrol |
|
| Ryan fled a police stop and crashed and died on his motorcycle. | stltoday.com |
21228 | Name withheld by police | 18 | Race unspecified | 03/17/2009 | Detroit | MI | 42.3521729 | -82.9875733 |
|
| An 18-year-old was killed in a police-chase-related accident. Appears in mlive.com chase database. Accident report (#260103) states that the crash involved a pedestrian and was reported at 9:29 p.m. Additional details were unavailable. | mlive.com | ||
7960 | Anitha Lakshmi Veerapaneni | 23 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/21/2009 | St. Louis | MO | 38.5801471 | -90.4540024 | Sunset Hills Police Department |
|
| Satya Subhakar Chinta, Priya Muppavarapu, Anusha Anomulu, and Anitha Lakshmi Veerapaneni were killed when off-duty officer Christine Miller crashed into their car while driving drunk. Miller sustained severe head trauma in the crash, which happened as she drove the wrong way on Dougherty Ferry Road at Des Peres Road. Officials said her blood alcohol level was 0.229, almost three times the legal limit. Miller was sentenced to 8 years in prison. | stltoday.com |
7961 | Anusha Anomulu | 23 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/21/2009 | St. Louis | MO | 38.5801471 | -90.4540024 | Sunset Hills Police Department |
|
| Satya Subhakar Chinta, Priya Muppavarapu, Anusha Anomulu, and Anitha Lakshmi Veerapaneni were killed when off-duty officer Christine Miller crashed into their car while driving drunk. Miller sustained severe head trauma in the crash, which happened as she drove the wrong way on Dougherty Ferry Road at Des Peres Road. Officials said her blood alcohol level was 0.229, almost three times the legal limit. Miller was sentenced to 8 years in prison. | stltoday.com |
7962 | Priya Muppavarapu | 22 | Female | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/21/2009 | St. Louis | MO | 38.5801471 | -90.4540024 | Sunset Hills Police Department |
|
| Satya Subhakar Chinta, Priya Muppavarapu, Anusha Anomulu, and Anitha Lakshmi Veerapaneni were killed when off-duty officer Christine Miller crashed into their car while driving drunk. Miller sustained severe head trauma in the crash, which happened as she drove the wrong way on Dougherty Ferry Road at Des Peres Road. Officials said her blood alcohol level was 0.229, almost three times the legal limit. Miller was sentenced to 8 years in prison. | stltoday.com |
7963 | Satya Subhakar Chinta | 25 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 03/21/2009 | St. Louis | MO | 38.5801471 | -90.4540024 | Sunset Hills Police Department |
|
| Satya Subhakar Chinta, Priya Muppavarapu, Anusha Anomulu, and Anitha Lakshmi Veerapaneni were killed when off-duty officer Christine Miller crashed into their car while driving drunk. Miller sustained severe head trauma in the crash, which happened as she drove the wrong way on Dougherty Ferry Road at Des Peres Road. Officials said her blood alcohol level was 0.229, almost three times the legal limit. Miller was sentenced to 8 years in prison. | stltoday.com |
7970 | Richard Dankert | 76 | Male | European-American/White | 03/25/2009 | Cedar Rapids | IA | 41.9560186 | -91.6708785 | Cedar Rapids Police Department |
|
| Local police chased a stolen vehicle with several people inside through Cedar Rapids after midnight on a Wednesday morning. The chased vehicle struck a taxi-cab at full speed and killed the cab driver, Dankert. | kwwl.com |
7975 | Tronodd Lomack | 14 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/28/2009 | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 26.137105 | -80.16566 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department |
|
| In a report filed six months after the incident, police claimed they had no role in the neighborhood ATV crash that killed Lomack. Lomack's witness—his passenger and a fellow plaintiff—disagreed strongly, describing a close chase that put them both in danger. The witness convinced a civil jury to award the family $2.5M in a wrongful death suit. | sun-sentinel.com |
21230 | Name withheld by police | 43 | Race unspecified | 03/28/2009 | Detroit | MI | 42.3533894 | -83.1009443 |
|
| A 43-year-old was killed in a police-chase-related accident. Appears in mlive.com chase database. Accident report (#260307) states that the crash involved three vehicles. The person who was killed was either 46 or 48 years old. Additional details were unavailable. | mlive.com | ||
20601 | Jonathan P. Holum | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/28/2009 | Glenwood Springs | CO | 39.5493807 | -107.3259028 | Colorado State Patrol |
|
| Jonathan P. Holum was suspected of drunk driving when he fled a stop with his girlfriend, Cora J. Weil. The two were wanted in Wisconsin. Holum crashed, killing both. | twincities.com |
20602 | Cora J. Weil | 24 | Female | Race unspecified | 03/28/2009 | Glenwood Springs | CO | 39.5493807 | -107.3259028 | Colorado State Patrol |
|
| Jonathan P. Holum was suspected of drunk driving when he fled a stop with his girlfriend, Cora J. Weil. The two were wanted in Wisconsin. Holum crashed, killing both. | twincities.com |
7978 | Shatona Evette Robinson | 20 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/29/2009 | Charlotte | NC | 35.3400936 | -80.8242037 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department |
|
| Martray Proctor of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department was responding to assist another police officer on a routine traffic stop. He was traveling 90 mph on Old Statesville Road, a road with a posted speed limit of 45 mph. He did not have his sirens or blue lights on. Shatona Evette Robinson, a 20-year-old from Davidson, North Carolina (NC) had made a left turn on to Old Statesville Road when Martray Proctor collided with her vehicle, killing her. He received a three-year probation sentence. | legalexaminer.com |
23203 | Stephanie Montague | 40 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/29/2009 | Frayser | TN | 35.2182288 | -89.9755251 | Memphis Police Department |
|
| Mark Weatherly's squad car slammed into Stephanie Montague's vehicle on Range Line and Orman, killing her and critically injuring her 17-year-old passenger. Black box data revealed Weatherly was going 101 miles per hour seconds before the crash. | wmcactionnews5.com |
21993 | Francisco Perez | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/29/2009 | Newark | NJ | 40.7843858 | -74.1927534 | Newark Police Department, Bloomfield Police Department |
|
| Bloomfield and Glen Ridge police responded to a shooting at the Heartbreakers Club around 2:30 a.m., police said. From his vehicle, a Bloomfield police officer spotted a silver Acura TL, in which Francisco Perez was riding, drive along Liberty and Broad streets, then onto Bloomfield Avenue. The Acura continued east on Bloomfield Avenue and hit a Nissan Maxima driven by an off-duty Newark police officer. It then crashed into a Honda sport utility vehicle driven by an off-duty Bloomfield police officer a short distance away, killing Perez. | google.com |
7979 | Ian Minich | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 03/30/2009 | San Rafael | CA | 37.9762014 | -122.4793253 | San Rafael Police Department |
|
| Ian Minich was killed when his van crashed into a power pole after officer Tom Collins deliberately struck the back of his van to stop him during a pursuit. | marinij.com |
21231 | James Cortez Escobar | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/03/2009 | Grand Rapids | MI | 42.99272 | -85.6615121 | Kent County Sheriff's Office |
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| According to police, a pursuit began after a deputy saw two "suspicious" vehicles going through a bank drive-through at Plainfield and Rupert around 2 a.m. The deputy reportedly tried to stop one of the vehicles, a 1994 Ford Mustang driven by James Cortez Escobar, for a traffic violation, but the car sped away. The deputy chased Escobar to about Three Mile Road, where police said he discontinued the pursuit because the Mustang was too far ahead, and the weather was poor. The Mustang crashed into a tree, killing Escobar. | mlive.com |
21232 | Samantha Lores Frederickson | 18 | Female | European-American/White | 04/03/2009 | Edenville | MI | 43.7413338 | -84.3879301 | Gladwin Police Department |
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| Police said a chase started around 11 p.m. when an officer tried to stop Samantha L. Frederickson's 2007 Chevrolet Impala for speeding in Gladwin. Frederickson lost control of the car along Water near Fike in Edenville Township, about 30 minutes into the pursuit. Frederickson died from her injuries. | mlive.com |
7989 | Brian Lynn Jenkins | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/05/2009 | Sand Rock | AL | 34.2295895 | -85.7805218 | Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, Collinsville Police Department, Cedar Bluff Police Department |
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| Brian Lynn Jenkins was killed when a police car crashed into his Ford F-150 during a police chase. | chattooga1180.com |
7986 | Charles Anthony Antuna | 55 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/05/2009 | La Habra | CA | 33.9318603 | -117.9461323 | La Habra Police Department |
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| Charles Antuna and Susanne Atuna were killed when a La Habra police car driven by officer Nancy Garcia ran a red light and broadsided their Chrysler P.T. Cruiser. | freedom.com |
7987 | Suzanne Marie Antuna | 54 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 04/05/2009 | La Habra | CA | 33.9318603 | -117.9461323 | La Habra Police Department |
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| Charles Antuna and Susanne Atuna were killed when a La Habra police car driven by officer Nancy Garcia ran a red light and broadsided their Chrysler P.T. Cruiser. | freedom.com |
7988 | Margarita Rodriguez-Dominguez | 40 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/05/2009 | Rialto | CA | 34.1067736 | -117.3704675 | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office |
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| Maria Rodriguez-Dominguez was killed when a suspected drunk driver fleeing from police hit her car. | sandiegouniontribune.com |
8000 | Mary Henesy | 78 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/08/2009 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.7648013 | -82.7342222 | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office |
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| Henesy's wheelchair was struck by an unmarked county cruiser at full speed in mid-afternoon. Witnesses said she flew from the chair, and was conscious and talking immediately after the wreck, but died shortly afterward. | tampabay.com |
7996 | Marques Blakes | 57 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/08/2009 | Clinton | LA | 30.8472983 | -91.0032673 | East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Marques Blakes died when he slammed on his pickup truck's brakes to avoid hitting another truck waiting to turn, then veered into the path of an oncoming patrol car driven by Deputy Richard Stiles Jr., who also died in the crash. | wafb.com |
8002 | Fausto Manzera | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/09/2009 | Chicago | IL | 41.857604 | -87.644183 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Officer Joseph Frugoli was convicted of aggravated DUI and leaving the scene of an accident after causing the fiery wreck that killed Fausto Manzera and Andrew Cazares. The crash occurred at about 3:35 a.m. on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway. Cazares had pulled over, possibly to deal with a flat tire, when his vehicle was hit from behind by Frugoli's Lexus SUV. Frugoli then reportedly fled as other motorists tried in vain to rescue Cazares and Faustos from the burning vehicle. Frugoli was sentenced to 8 years in prison. | chicagotribune.com |
8003 | Andrew Cazares | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/09/2009 | Chicago | IL | 41.857604 | -87.644183 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Officer Joseph Frugoli was convicted of aggravated DUI and leaving the scene of an accident after causing the fiery wreck that killed Fausto Manzera and Andrew Cazares. The crash occurred at about 3:35 a.m. on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway. Cazares had pulled over, possibly to deal with a flat tire, when his vehicle was hit from behind by Frugoli's Lexus SUV. Frugoli then reportedly fled as other motorists tried in vain to rescue Cazares and Faustos from the burning vehicle. Frugoli was sentenced to 8 years in prison. | chicagotribune.com |
8013 | Edwin Renee Frelix | 50 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/15/2009 | Houston | TX | 29.8693069 | -95.4590836 | Houston Police Department |
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| Frelix went on a drug and alcohol binge. His mistress called 911 and said that a stranger was smoking crack in her backyard. Just after midnight, Officer Johnson responded by vehicle. Frelix ran north. Officer Enriquez cut Frelix off by vehicle, then struck him with the vehicle as he and Officer Johnson tried to hem him in. The officers, assisted by Sergeant S. Dyer, Officer D. Nunez and bystander Anthony Broussard, tried and failed to revive Frelix. | chron.com |
8017 | Thomas Kimble | 56 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/16/2009 | North Highlands | CA | 38.6611466 | -121.3736698 | California Highway Patrol, Sacramento County Sheriff's Office |
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| Thomas Kimble was killed after he was struck while seated at a bus stop by a 17-year-old motorcyclist fleeing the CHP. According to the CHP, an officer was writing reports in a Target parking lot when he saw a 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle speeding down Madison Avenue at about 7:40 p.m. The motorcycle allegedly sped away after the officer tried to stop him. A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy was in the left turn lane and was beginning to turn on a green light when the motorcyclist reportedly ran the red light. The motorcycle struck the the patrol vehicle, then slid for approximately 200+ feet before crashing into the bus stop bench, killing Kimble. The motorcyclist was thrown from the bike and landed in a driveway approximately 250 feet away, sustaining serious injuries. | blogspot.com |
8018 | Aniya Alexander | 2 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/16/2009 | Peoria | IL | 40.6811723 | -89.6207531 | Peoria Police Department |
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| A Peoria police van driven by officer Jim Krider struck 2-year-old Aniya Alexander, killing her. According to police, Krider was transporting six prisoners from Peoria County Jail to the Peoria Police Department for a scheduled police lineup at around 6:10 p.m. After crossing South Western Avenue, the eastbound van hit Aniya as she entered the roadway outside her grandmother's home. Aniya, who would have turned 3 in 10 days, Alexander was pronounced dead at a hospital. | pjstar.com |
8022 | Leigh Anna Jimmerson | 16 | Female | European-American/White | 04/17/2009 | Huntsville | AL | 34.6914489 | -86.5682405 | Huntsville Police Department |
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| Tad Joseph Mattle and Leigh Anna Jimmerson were killed when their vehicle was struck by a pickup truck fleeing police. | huntsvillenewswire.com |
8023 | Tad Joseph Mattle | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 04/17/2009 | Huntsville | AL | 34.6914489 | -86.5682405 | Huntsville Police Department |
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| Tad Joseph Mattle and Leigh Anna Jimmerson were killed when their vehicle was struck by a pickup truck fleeing police. | huntsvillenewswire.com |
8025 | Adam John Williams | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/17/2009 | Lohrville | IA | 42.2666171 | -94.5540265 | Calhoun County Sheriff's Office |
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| Motorcyclist Williams fled from an attempted traffic stop by county deputies, changed direction on a state highway, struck the back of an pickup truck, was thrown from his bike and sustained fatal injuries. | radioiowa.com |
8029 | Shoua Vang | 49 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/18/2009 | St. Paul | MN | 44.9923039 | -93.0911906 | Roseville Police Department |
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| Shoua Vang, 48, of St. Paul, was a passenger in the car that was struck by a reportedly drunk driver. Tito Fonzio Campbell, 33, of Roseville, was charged with fleeing police in a motor vehicle involving death of another person, fleeing police involving substantial bodily harm of another person and first-degree driving while impaired, Roseville police said. | twincities.com |
8031 | Douglas Tarry | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 04/19/2009 | Bonsall | CA | 33.2812379 | -117.2263017 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Douglas Tarry was killed when Silverio Romero crashed into his pickup truck when fleeing police near Bonsall. | sandiegouniontribune.com |
8033 | Elisa Cedeno | 46 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/20/2009 | Phelan | CA | 34.4466883 | -117.5386761 | Riverside County Sheriff's Department |
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| Elisa Cedeno was killed when she was struck by vehicles after trying to escape from her husband's 1998 Dodge pickup truck as he fled from deputies on dirt roads in the Mojave desert. | sandiegouniontribune.com |
8039 | Blake Strebel | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 04/22/2009 | Ogden | UT | 41.2143783 | -111.9706144 | Ogden Police Department |
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| A 17-year-old burglary suspect driving a Cadillac chased by police ran full-speed into a Mitsubishi Lancer, killing both occupants: Derek Jasper and Blake Strebel. The 17-year-old was charged with two counts of auto homicide. | deseretnews.com |
8040 | Derek Jasper | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 04/22/2009 | Ogden | UT | 41.2143783 | -111.9706144 | Ogden Police Department |
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| A 17-year-old burglary suspect driving a Cadillac chased by police ran full-speed into a Mitsubishi Lancer, killing both occupants: Derek Jasper and Blake Strebel. The 17-year-old was charged with two counts of auto homicide. | deseretnews.com |
8047 | Connie Yvonne Burgess | 41 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/25/2009 | Cleveland | OH | 41.4479294 | -81.5648528 | Shaker Heights Police Department |
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| Roderick Deal was fleeing from police in a van when he hit Connie Burgess, 41, as she sat on her motorcycle. | cleveland.com |
8054 | David K. Bugg | 44 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/26/2009 | Stanford | KY | 37.5470761 | -84.7998582 | Junction City Police Department |
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| During a police chase of his 2002 Jeep Liberty into the neighboring county , domestic violence suspect Bugg lost control of the vehicle and crashed, fatally. The same small municipal jurisdiction saw another fatality in a chase, John A. Gilbert, just the preceding month. | kentucky.com |
8055 | Olice Williams Jr. | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/26/2009 | Jackson | MS | 32.287088 | -90.215111 | Jackson Police Department |
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| Williams died after being struck by a police cruiser. Police say Williams crossed the highway by running in front of the patrol cars. Residents call it a dangerous area because the intersection is poorly lit, there are no sidewalks or traffic signals. Police were reportedly responding to a call about a man with a gun at a Taco Bell. | msnewsnow.com |
8059 | Neva Archie | 87 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/27/2009 | Greenville | MS | 33.3999054 | -91.0196123 | Greenville Police Department |
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| Neva Archie died on May 2, 2009, from injuries sustained days earlier when a police cruiser collided with the Pontiac Bonneville in which she was a passenger. Officer Glenn Jenkins was responding to a call at around 1:15 p.m. with his siren and lights activated when he crashed into the car at the intersection. | ddtonline.com |
8062 | Violetta Krzyzak | 37 | Female | European-American/White | 04/27/2009 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.7323156 | -73.9546071 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Krzyzak was a pedestrian fatally struck by a car driven by Jose Maldonado which was being pursued by NYPD in a high-speed chase. When struck by the car going at least 70 MPH Krzyzak flew 165 feet through the air, almost a city block. Despite a wealth of eyewitness accounts the police denied that any pursuit happened. | streetsblog.org |
8066 | Frank Wojcik | 78 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/30/2009 | Michigan City | IN | 41.7125931 | -86.8853481 | Michigan City Police Department |
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| A 16-year-old driver in a 1994 Volvo fled from a traffic stop. With police in pursuit, she crashed into the Wojcik's minivan, killing him. Wojcik's family filed suit against the driver and the city; the stricken young driver killed herself at 19 by standing in front of a commuter train. | ktiv.com |
19119 | Jordan Renaldo Smith | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/03/2009 | Rock Hill | SC | 34.9554647 | -81.0669821 | Lancaster County Sheriff's Office |
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| Two people, including a Lancaster County sheriff's office Sgt. Stacey Roberts, 40, and Jordan Smith, 22, died Sunday when the deputy's motorcycle crashed into a car on Heckle Boulevard, police said. | google.com |
21235 | Gary Williams | 17 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/08/2009 | Detroit | MI | 42.3447369 | -83.111045 |
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| 17-year-old Gary Williams, who'd been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the August 9, 2008, deaths of Unique Neely, 19, and LaVette Lee, 20, reportedly stole a 2000 Dodge Stratus, ran a red light and crashed into a Metro Car about 4:30 a.m. Williams died the next day at a hospital. The Metro Car's driver was hospitalized along with the five teens in the Stratus, police said. The crash appears in mlive.com's police chase database, though contemporary reports don't make it clear there was an associated pursuit. | mlive.com | |
8093 | Barron Condo | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/13/2009 | Jupiter | FL | 26.8849052 | -80.1282584 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office |
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| Condo was the passenger in a stolen car driven by a female acquaintance. Spotted by police as a suspicious vehicle about 1 a.m., then confirmed as stolen, the driver led officers on an interstate vehicle chase ending in a three-car crash in which Condo was fatally injured. | sun-sentinel.com |
21723 | Brian Michael Doyle | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/13/2009 | Elkton | MD | 39.645152 | -75.899644 | Cecil County Sheriff's Office |
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| Brian Michael Doyle lost control of his Eagle Talon at about 3 a.m. after leading Cecil County Sheriff's deputies in three police cruisers on a nearly three-mile chase. The license plate on his car was allegedly stolen. | google.com |
8099 | Todd Anthony Perea | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 05/16/2009 | Oakland | CA | 37.8412573 | -122.2697448 | Oakland Police Department |
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| Motorist Anthony Perea and pedestrian Floyd Ross Jr. were killed when homicide suspects being chased by police crashed into Perea's car, which then struck Ross. | berkeleydailyplanet.com |
8100 | Floyd Ross Jr. | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/16/2009 | Oakland | CA | 37.840788 | -122.269452 | Oakland Police Department |
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| Motorist Anthony Perea and pedestrian Floyd Ross Jr. were killed when homicide suspects being chased by police crashed into Perea's car, which then struck Ross. | berkeleydailyplanet.com |
19118 | Bret Hill Allen | 46 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/16/2009 | Conway | SC | 33.8040842 | -79.0185374 | Horry County Police Department |
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| Bret Allen, 46, was killed when a Honda Accord pulled out of an apartment complex and crashed with the motorcycle he was driving while he was being chased by a Horry County police officer for speeding. | google.com |
27409 | Jody M. Reine | 36 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/16/2009 | Opelousas | LA | 30.5867999 | -92.0700495 | Opelousas Police Department |
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| Blake Reine, 23, was fleeing police who were chasing him and wanted to stop him for leaving a hit-and-run. He ran a red light and killed his passenger, Jody Reine, 36, and Lee Campbell, 48. | google.com |
27410 | Lee Joseph Campbell | 48 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/16/2009 | Opelousas | LA | 30.5867999 | -92.0700495 | Opelousas Police Department |
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| Blake Reine, 23, was fleeing police who were chasing him and wanted to stop him for leaving a hit-and-run. He ran a red light and killed his passenger, Jody Reine, 36, and Lee Campbell, 48. | google.com |
8109 | Harold Leland "Max" Myers Jr. | 54 | Male | European-American/White | 05/18/2009 | Metairie | LA | 29.9966229 | -90.1430867 | New Orleans Police Department |
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| Harold Leland "Max" Myers Jr. was killed when a stolen pickup truck with four teens fleeing police collided with Myers' vehicle. | nola.com |
8112 | Evaristo G. Limas | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/22/2009 | Lenexa | KS | 38.9376237 | -94.7496563 | Olathe Police Department |
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| Driver Evaristo G. Limas and passenger Joseph L. Pecina-Pine died from injuries suffered in a crash during a police chase. According to police, officers tried to stop a pickup truck that was being driven recklessly at about 1:30 a.m., but Limas sped away on I-35. Limas lost control of the truck on the I-435 E exit ramp. Limas and Pecina-Pine were ejected from the truck when it rolled several times. | cjonline.com |
8113 | Joseph L. Pecina-Pine | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/22/2009 | Lenexa | KS | 38.9376237 | -94.7496563 | Olathe Police Department |
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| Driver Evaristo G. Limas and passenger Joseph L. Pecina-Pine died from injuries suffered in a crash during a police chase. According to police, officers tried to stop a pickup truck that was being driven recklessly at about 1:30 a.m., but Limas sped away on I-35. Limas lost control of the truck on the I-435 E exit ramp. Limas and Pecina-Pine were ejected from the truck when it rolled several times. | cjonline.com |
8115 | Trenton Booker | 13 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/22/2009 | Chicago | IL | 41.746707 | -87.6634204 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Booker was killed by a drunk off-duty Chicago police officer who sped on for blocks despite his crushed and blood-splattered windshield. The sentencing judge gave him 3 years in prison for aggravated DUI, reckless homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, plus a command to speak to the police academy "how to properly handle an investigation into one of their own." | dailymail.co.uk |
8123 | Kenneth Slavin | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/26/2009 | San Jose | CA | 37.3909063 | -121.8791517 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Kenneth Slavin was killed when he crashed a stolen Yamaha street-racing motorcycle while being chased by the CHP. | sfgate.com |
8126 | Joe M. Nowlin | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2009 | Butler | MO | 38.2588779 | -94.3432587 | Belton Police Department |
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| Joe Nowlin was killed when his truck was struck by a car fleeing police that was being driven by Nicholas Schilling, who also died. Schilling had allegedly stabbed the family dog and threatened a woman earlier that day. Schilling reportedly fled when officers tried to arrest him and was chased by police until his 2007 Ford Focus crossed the US 71 median, putting him southbound in the northbound lanes. The Focus car hit Nowling's Silverado pickup truck head-on, killing both drivers. Nowlin's 14-year-old son suffered serious injuries in the crash. | newson6.com |
8127 | Nicholas L. Schilling | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 05/27/2009 | Butler | MO | 38.2588779 | -94.3432587 | Belton Police Department |
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| Joe Nowlin was killed when his truck was struck by a car fleeing police that was being driven by Nicholas Schilling, who also died. Schilling had allegedly stabbed the family dog and threatened a woman earlier that day. Schilling reportedly fled when officers tried to arrest him and was chased by police until his 2007 Ford Focus crossed the US 71 median, putting him southbound in the northbound lanes. The Focus car hit Nowling's Silverado pickup truck head-on, killing both drivers. Nowlin's 14-year-old son suffered serious injuries in the crash. | newson6.com |
8155 | Faith Mascolino | 45 | Female | European-American/White | 06/03/2009 | Tucson | AZ | 32.3229285 | -111.0523666 | Arizona Department of Public Safety |
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| Faith Mascolino burned to death in the back of a patrol car that was struck at high speeds by another vehicle and started on fire. | azcentral.com |
8153 | Gregory Fisher | 56 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/03/2009 | Rancho Mirage | CA | 33.7576933 | -116.4355297 | Cathedral City Police Department |
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| Gregory Fisher was a passenger killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase. | google.com |
20418 | Carmen Rodriguez | 42 | Female | Race unspecified | 06/04/2009 | Allentown | PA | 40.6003056 | -75.4729066 | Bethlehem Police Department, Allentown Police Department |
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| Eugene M. Morales, 21, was driving a stolen sport utility vehicle when he ran a red light and collided with Carmen Rodriguez's vehicle, killing her. | lehighvalleylive.com |
25333 | John Jeffery Reed Jr. | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 06/05/2009 | West Pensacola | FL | 30.436991 | -87.261547 | Escambia County Sheriff's Office |
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| About 4:42, deputies saw a vehicle matching the description of a vehicle that was reported stolen. The driver, John Jeffery Reed, turned into a gas station. The vehicle tag on the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado pickup was confirmed as stolen, and a traffic stop was attempted. Reed allegedly did a u-turn and headed toward the pursuing deputy. The deputy drove off the road. Another deputy spotted the vehicle. Reed lost control and crashed into a tree, killing Reed. | northescambia.com |
8160 | Jacob T. "Jake" Stellmach | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/06/2009 | Britt | MN | 47.6427955 | -92.5636578 | Virginia Police Department |
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| Stellmach was killed when his 1991 Ford pickup truck left U.S. Highway 53 eight miles north of Virginia and hit a tree shortly after midnight. The state patrol estimated that speeds reached 80 mph before the crash. He was fleeing a Virginia police officer at the time, police said. | parkrapidsenterprise.com |
8163 | Nathan P. Thobe | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/07/2009 | Minster | OH | 40.3833122 | -84.3876715 | Minster Police Department |
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| Thobe fled from police on his Ninja after they to stop him for minor misdemeanor of failure to stop at a stop sign. He crashed and died. | dailystandard.com |
8175 | Alicia Griffin | 6 | Female | African-American/Black | 06/10/2009 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.01925 | -75.1313266 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Two young suspects wanted for the theft of a motorcycle, chased by police, jumped the curb and slammed into a group of pedestrians, killing one adult and three children: Latoya Smith, Remedy Smith, Gina Rosario, and Alicia Griffin. The police commissioner denied the early reports and said the pursuing officer had gotten stuck in traffic. | pennlive.com |
8176 | Gina Rosario | 7 | Female | African-American/Black | 06/10/2009 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.01925 | -75.1313266 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Two young suspects wanted for the theft of a motorcycle, chased by police, jumped the curb and slammed into a group of pedestrians, killing one adult and three children: Latoya Smith, Remedy Smith, Gina Rosario, and Alicia Griffin. The police commissioner denied the early reports and said the pursuing officer had gotten stuck in traffic. | pennlive.com |
8177 | Remedy Smith | 1 | Female | African-American/Black | 06/10/2009 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.01925 | -75.1313266 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Two young suspects wanted for the theft of a motorcycle, chased by police, jumped the curb and slammed into a group of pedestrians, killing one adult and three children: Latoya Smith, Remedy Smith, Gina Rosario, and Alicia Griffin. The police commissioner denied the early reports and said the pursuing officer had gotten stuck in traffic. | pennlive.com |
8178 | Latoya Smith | 22 | Female | African-American/Black | 06/10/2009 | Philadelphia | PA | 40.01925 | -75.1313266 | Philadelphia Police Department |
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| Two young suspects wanted for the theft of a motorcycle, chased by police, jumped the curb and slammed into a group of pedestrians, killing one adult and three children: Latoya Smith, Remedy Smith, Gina Rosario, and Alicia Griffin. The police commissioner denied the initial reports and said the pursuing officer had gotten stuck in traffic. | pennlive.com |
8185 | David Servin | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 06/13/2009 | Orange | CT | 41.2800559 | -72.9849256 | Milford Police Department |
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| Teens Ashlie Krakowski and David Servin were killed when a local police cruiser barrelled into their vehicle broadside at more than 90 MPH. The officer was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter but convicted of misconduct with a motor vehicle and reckless driving, and sentenced to five years. Krakowski's family settled a suit against the city for $4M. | ctpost.com |
8186 | Ashlie Krakowski | 19 | Female | European-American/White | 06/13/2009 | Orange | CT | 41.2800559 | -72.9849256 | Milford Police Department |
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| Teens Ashlie Krakowski and David Servin were killed when a local police cruiser barrelled into their vehicle broadside at more than 90 MPH. The officer was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter but convicted of misconduct with a motor vehicle and reckless driving, and sentenced to five years. Krakowski's family settled a suit against the city for $4M. | ctpost.com |
8184 | Jon Willingham | 27 | Male | European-American/White | 06/13/2009 | Florence | AL | 34.7950342 | -87.675046 | Florence Police Department |
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| John Willingham was killed when his car crashed into a tree during a police chase. | waff.com |
22792 | Michael William Poff | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/13/2009 | Vinton | VA | 37.2581615 | -79.8335957 | Roanoke Police Department |
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| Vinton police received a call about a person who was driving erratically on Hardy Road. An officer saw the Chevrolet Tahoe and tried to stop it, police said. The Tahoe speed away, and as it crossed the Bedford County line, the Vinton officer called off the chase—but continued to follow the SUV. The officer saw the Tahoe crashed at the intersection of Virginia 634 and Virginia 619. Michael William Poff was killed in the crash. | google.com |
8192 | Orlando Botello | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/15/2009 | Anaheim | CA | 33.8395445 | -117.9760617 | Anaheim Police Department |
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| Orlando Botello was killed when a vehicle fleeing police crashed into his pickup truck. | ocregister.com |
8195 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 06/16/2009 | Sacramento | CA | 38.7037118 | -121.3459399 | Citrus Heights Police Department |
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| An unidentified man was killed after he stole a pickup truck and crashed it while being chased by police. | sacbee.com | |
21238 | Ryan G. Koebke | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 06/19/2009 | Kawkawlin | MI | 43.6674891 | -84.0088774 | Bay County Sheriff's Office |
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| According to police, deputies chased Ryan G. Koebke after he was involved in a crash at State Park and Wheeler. Shortly after 6 p.m., Koebke's vehicle collided head-on with a car while driving west on Beaver near Fraser. Koebke died at the scene. The driver of the other car suffered minor injuries. | mlive.com |
21239 | Name withheld by police | Race unspecified | 06/20/2009 | Detroit | MI | 42.3872699 | -82.9838227 |
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| One person was killed in a police-chase-related accident. Appears in mlive.com chase database. Accident report (#260812) states that the crash involved three vehicles. The person who died was either 46 or 48 years old. Additional details were unavailable. | mlive.com | |||
8203 | Marquan Jacqueze Jones-Milton | 14 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/20/2009 | Columbus | OH | 39.9572557 | -82.941264 | Whitehall Police Department |
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| Some children in a stolen car fled police and crashed, killing Jones. | google.com |
21725 | Keenan Roosevelt Griffin | 20 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/21/2009 | Dundalk | MD | 39.270058 | -76.5032827 | Baltimore County Police Department |
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| Keenan Roosevelt Griffin was speeding while driving his father's 2004 Cadillac SRX shortly before 4 a.m. when police officers attempted to make a traffic stop. Griffin "wouldn't stop immediately, but then finally did stop." As an officer began to walk up to Griffin's vehicle, Griffin took off again. Since Griffin had only been pulled over for a possible traffic violation, "there was no chase or pursuit or anything like that," although police did follow Griffin. Griffin was apparently unaware of the policy, and continued to flee until he hit a flagpole and died. | google.com |
8206 | Jeffrey Scott Healey | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 06/22/2009 | Coopers Plains | NY | 42.1823616 | -77.1415935 | Corning Police Department |
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| Pennsylvanian fugitive Healey drew the attention of police by doing a "burnout" on his motorcycle. Told to shut down, he instead tried to flee and set up a police pursuit that reached 115 MPH. The police claimed to have suspended the chase shortly before Healey's fatal crash. | the-leader.com |
22406 | Ashley Workman | 13 | Female | European-American/White | 06/26/2009 | Crown Point | IN | 41.3918584 | -87.3221792 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Nearly four months after five members of a Hobart family—Brian Workman, 33, Joanna Workman, 31, Ashley Workman, 13, Tyler Workman, 8, and Ryan Workman, 1—died in a fiery crash on Interstate 65, a report cites the Lake County police and a truck driver who was not paying attention as causing the collision. Exactly how those at fault were punished was not reported. | thetruckersreport.com |
22407 | Brian Workman | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 06/26/2009 | Crown Point | IN | 41.3918584 | -87.3221792 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Nearly four months after five members of a Hobart family—Brian Workman, 33, Joanna Workman, 31, Ashley Workman, 13, Tyler Workman, 8, and Ryan Workman, 1—died in a fiery crash on Interstate 65, a report cites the Lake County police and a truck driver who was not paying attention as causing the collision. Exactly how those at fault were punished was not reported. | thetruckersreport.com |
22408 | Joanna Workman | 31 | Female | European-American/White | 06/26/2009 | Crown Point | IN | 41.3918584 | -87.3221792 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Nearly four months after five members of a Hobart family—Brian Workman, 33, Joanna Workman, 31, Ashley Workman, 13, Tyler Workman, 8, and Ryan Workman, 1—died in a fiery crash on Interstate 65, a report cites the Lake County police and a truck driver who was not paying attention as causing the collision. Exactly how those at fault were punished was not reported. | thetruckersreport.com |
22409 | Ryan Workman | 1 | Male | European-American/White | 06/26/2009 | Crown Point | IN | 41.3918584 | -87.3221792 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Nearly four months after five members of a Hobart family—Brian Workman, 33, Joanna Workman, 31, Ashley Workman, 13, Tyler Workman, 8, and Ryan Workman, 1—died in a fiery crash on Interstate 65, a report cites the Lake County police and a truck driver who was not paying attention as causing the collision. Exactly how those at fault were punished was not reported. | thetruckersreport.com |
22410 | Tyler Workman | 8 | Male | European-American/White | 06/26/2009 | Crown Point | IN | 41.3918584 | -87.3221792 | Lake County Sheriff's Office |
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| Nearly four months after five members of a Hobart family—Brian Workman, 33, Joanna Workman, 31, Ashley Workman, 13, Tyler Workman, 8, and Ryan Workman, 1—died in a fiery crash on Interstate 65, a report cites the Lake County police and a truck driver who was not paying attention as causing the collision. Exactly how those at fault were punished was not reported. | thetruckersreport.com |
8222 | Darvin Jarao Hernandez-Carrasco | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/28/2009 | Wharton | TX | 29.3296491 | -96.2067279 | Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| Trooper Jose Mena conducted a traffic stop on Hector Manuel Castillo-Perez, who was driving a green Chevrolet pickup without a seat belt. Castillo pulled over. Trooper Mena stepped out of his patrol vehicle. Castillo drove away. Trooper Mena pursued Castillo onto a dirt road. The pickup crashed, injuring Castillo and five people entering the United States illegally. Hernandez, the sixth undocumented person in the truck, died in the crash. | google.com |
19111 | Timmy Ray Fulmore | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/02/2009 | Conway | SC | 33.7768351 | -79.021139 | Horry County Police Department |
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| Horry County police officer Ricky Ruggerio was traveling about 57 miles per hour in a 45 mile-per-hour zone at the time of the crash. The driver of the other vehicle, Pamela Hunt, failed to yield the right of way, police said. Timmy Fulmore, a 42-year-old corrections officer from Orrum, N.C., was a passenger in Hunt's vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. Neither driver was charged. | google.com |
8240 | Randy Michael Warren | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/04/2009 | Burlington | NC | 36.0976439 | -79.4525139 | Burlington Police Department |
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| Warren bolted from a traffic stop—he'd been pulled over for allegedly bumping an acquaintance's car on purpose—and police gave pursuit. After a short chase Warren had a one-car accident and died from his injuries. | greensboro.com |
8247 | Mark Zampogna | 39 | Male | European-American/White | 07/06/2009 | Council | ID | 44.9553183 | -116.3858214 | Adams County Sheriff's Office |
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| Air Force Captain Zampogna sustained fatal injuries, and died a week later, when a vehicle driven by an on-duty county deputy crossed the center line and struck his car head on at full speed. The deputy was also killed. | kboi2.com |
22000 | Isaiah Vinson | 20 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/07/2009 | Columbia | NJ | 40.9280198 | -75.09372 | New Jersey State Police |
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| Isaiah Vinson was killed in a car crash after a brief police pursuit in Knowlton Township. Vinson was a rear-seat passenger in a blue Nissan stopped by New Jersey State Police troopers for an alleged speeding violation on Interstate 80 West, about four miles east of the Delaware River crossing. The driver, Marvin Gresham, 21, of Newark, sped away after two troopers stepped out of their car during the stop. Gresham received a five-year prison sentence. | lehighvalleylive.com |
8255 | Erick C. Russell | 24 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/09/2009 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6481791 | -90.2259893 | Charlack Police Department, Brentwood Police Department |
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| Erick C. Russell was killed when his car was struck by one fleeing from police. Markel L. Davis, 19, was driving an allegedly stolen car that police in Brentwood and Charlack had attempted to pull over. A police helicopter tracked the vehicle to St. Louis City and witnessed Davis pull over to let one or two occupants out of the car just minutes before the crash. Davis reportedly sped through the intersection of N. Grand Boulevard and Cass Avenue, broadsiding Russell's vehicle. Russell died at the scene at around 12:41 a.m. In 2011, Davis pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the crash and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. | riverfronttimes.com |
8259 | Nachenga Robinson | 32 | Female | Race unspecified | 07/09/2009 | Pinellas Park | FL | 27.8356247 | -82.681413 | Pinellas Park Police Department |
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| Robinson was driving family members to Walmart for groceries when their car was struck at high speed by two suspects fleeing police. They'd been caught in a drug sting selling crack cocaine. Robinson's injuries were fatal. | tampabay.com |
8266 | Russell Buckman | 36 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/12/2009 | La Center | WA | 45.8604751 | -122.7054102 | Washington State Patrol |
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| Russell Buckman sped past a state patrol trooper near the Kalama River Road exit and refused to pull over after the trooper activated his lights and siren, police said. A second trooper joined the chase south of Woodland, and the speed reached 100 miles per hour. Just south of the La Center exit, Buckman slammed into the truck in the center lane and died on impact. | tdn.com |
20411 | Kevin Shafer | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/15/2009 | Laurys Station | PA | 40.7236345 | -75.5306904 | North Catasauqua Police Department |
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| Kevin Shafer, 38, a motorcyclist who was chased by North Catasauqua police, died when he crashed into two vehicles, police said. Police did not say why they were chasing Shafer. | mcall.com |
8279 | Taylor Kemp | 13 | Female | European-American/White | 07/16/2009 | Pittsburg | KS | 37.4108859 | -94.7048435 | Cherokee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Taylor Kemp and her mother Teresa Kemp were killed after their Pontiac Vibe was hit by a vehicle fleeing from deputies. Deputies were chasing a Nissan Maxima at speeds of up to 120 mph when it rear-ended the Pontiac. Taylor Kemp died at the scene. Teresa Kemp died from her injuries six days later. Kaston Hudgins, 22, who was driving the Maxima, was hospitalized with serious injuries. In 2012, Hudgins was sentenced to a life term in relation to the crash. | kait8.com |
8283 | Delano M. Walker | 15 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/16/2009 | Springfield | MA | 42.0910186 | -72.5810935 | Springfield Police Department |
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| Walker was struck and killed by a passing vehicle while engaged in a conversation with a police officer. Walker was one of three bicyclists on the parking lot of an auto dealer when detained. The officer described the victim making unpredictable and threatening movements, then backing into the street without looking. | masslive.com |
8280 | Teresa Kemp | 41 | Female | European-American/White | 07/16/2009 | Pittsburg | KS | 37.4108859 | -94.7048435 | Cherokee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Taylor Kemp and her mother Teresa Kemp were killed after their Pontiac Vibe was hit by a vehicle fleeing from deputies. Deputies were chasing a Nissan Maxima at speeds of up to 120 mph when it rear-ended the Pontiac. Taylor Kemp died at the scene. Teresa Kemp died from her injuries six days later. Kaston Hudgins, 22, who was driving the Maxima, was hospitalized with serious injuries. In 2012, Hudgins was sentenced to a life term in relation to the crash. | parsonssun.com |
23207 | Iyana Swindle | 22 | Female | Race unspecified | 07/20/2009 | Memphis | TN | 35.0555696 | -90.0690827 | Memphis Police Department |
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| Jarvis Evans stole a 2001 Saturn from Express Car Rental on Brooks Road and ran a red light while fleeing police, striking Iyana Swindle's car and killing her. Evans was given a 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in Criminal Court to vehicular homicide and theft of property. | google.com |
8294 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 07/22/2009 | Colorado Springs | CO | 38.8647534 | -104.6897818 | El Paso County Sheriff's Office |
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| El Paso County sheriff's deputies were responding to a welfare check for a woman at a home. A man involved in the disturbance was leaving in a white pickup truck when deputies arrived, and he tried to hit one of the patrol cars, police said. The driver of the truck sped down a street and turned onto Palmer Park Boulevard, crashing into a brick fence. The unidentified driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. | google.com | |
8301 | Mateo Matias | 61 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/23/2009 | Tice | FL | 26.6768568 | -81.8117446 | Lee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Matias was executing a U-turn in an intersection when he was struck at high speed by a county detective in hot pursuit of two burglary suspects. The detective, who emerged with light injuries, had his lights and siren on. | nbc-2.com |
22403 | Joe R. Garrett Jr. | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/24/2009 | Haubstadt | IN | 38.1815145 | -87.5664378 | Owensville Police Department, Fort Branch Police Department |
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| Police said Owensville Town Marshal Rodger Leister and Fort Branch Deputy Marshal Darrell L. Parker attempted to stop a white 1997 Chevrolet Lumina after witnessing the occupants steal anhydrous ammonia from the Warrick County Co-op. The driver, Commodore R. West III, 28, did not stop for the officers. The driver of the Lumina lost control and crashed near a house on West County Road 1200 South in Haubstadt. The crash killed Joe R. Garrett Jr. | google.com |
23200 | James P. London | 38 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/26/2009 | Chattanooga | TN | 35.036266 | -85.139012 | Tennessee Highway Patrol |
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| Trooper Thomas Clower saw a black Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck speeding north on Interstate 75 about 8:45 p.m. and pulled it over, police said. The driver, James P. London, 38, pulled over and gave the trooper his driver's license. While the trooper was reading the license in his patrol vehicle, London rapidly drove off. Clower called in the pursuit and followed the vehicle onto Shallowford Road. The truck traveled less than a mile before it hit a large tree, killing London. | google.com |
8311 | Khazyier Pugh | 5 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/28/2009 | Troy | NY | 42.7104834 | -73.6958597 | Troy Police Department |
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| An unmarked police Jeep struck and killed 5-year-old Pugh as he crossed the street. | newsday.com |
8310 | Christopher Lee Bennett | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/28/2009 | Paris Township | OH | 40.7359665 | -81.1880913 | Carroll County Sheriff's Office |
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| Bennett crashed after a high-speed chase on a motorcycle. | timesreporter.com |
8312 | Charles Edward Knight | 57 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/29/2009 | Ozark | AL | 31.5306454 | -85.7234142 | Dothan Police Department, Ozark Police Department |
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| Charles Edward Knight was killed when his car was hit head-on by a driver fleeing police. | wsfa.com |
8316 | Harold Henry Davis | 46 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/01/2009 | Anniston | AL | 33.7258133 | -85.8152804 | Anniston Police Department |
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| Harold Henry Davis was a passenger who was killed in a vehicle that was fleeing police and crashed. | annistonstar.com |
22924 | Emily Anderson | 40 | Female | Race unspecified | 08/03/2009 | Miami Gardens | FL | 25.9379747 | -80.2270609 | Aventura Police Department |
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| Exzavier Robinson and Keenya Young allegedly stole Michael Kors and Juicy Couture purses from Macy's and led police on a chase that ended with 40-year-old grandmother Emily Anderson dead from a high-speed collision. | miamiherald.com |
21726 | Name withheld by police | Female | Race unspecified | 08/07/2009 | Baltimore | MD | 39.2908047 | -76.6396746 | Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore County Police Department, Maryland State Police |
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| An unidentified woman was killed during a police chase. | google.com | |
8342 | Sienna Rose Salazar | 1 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 08/08/2009 | Orosi | CA | 36.559671 | -119.305304 | Dinuba Police Department |
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| A car stolen at knifepoint and doing 80 MPH on a rural road, chased by local police, crashed full-speed into a family's pickup. Three teens in the car (Oscar Esparza, Arthur Rivas, Richard Carrasco) and five Salazar children in the truck (Eric, Jochelyn Grace, Monique Janae, Michael Alexander, and Sienna Rose Salazar), all eight died. | nbcnews.com |
8343 | Michael Alexander Salazar | 2 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/08/2009 | Orosi | CA | 36.559671 | -119.305304 | Dinuba Police Department |
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| A car stolen at knifepoint and doing 80 MPH on a rural road, chased by local police, crashed full-speed into a family's pickup. Three teens in the car (Oscar Esparza, Arthur Rivas, Richard Carrasco) and five Salazar children in the truck (Eric, Jochelyn Grace, Monique Janae, Michael Alexander, and Sienna Rose Salazar), all eight died. | nbcnews.com |
8344 | Monique Janae Salazar | 4 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 08/08/2009 | Orosi | CA | 36.559671 | -119.305304 | Dinuba Police Department |
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| A car stolen at knifepoint and doing 80 MPH on a rural road, chased by local police, crashed full-speed into a family's pickup. Three teens in the car (Oscar Esparza, Arthur Rivas, Richard Carrasco) and five Salazar children in the truck (Eric, Jochelyn Grace, Monique Janae, Michael Alexander, and Sienna Rose Salazar), all eight died. | nbcnews.com |
8345 | Jocelyn Grace Salazar | 7 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 08/08/2009 | Orosi | CA | 36.559671 | -119.305304 | Dinuba Police Department |
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| A car stolen at knifepoint and doing 80 MPH on a rural road, chased by local police, crashed full-speed into a family's pickup. Three teens in the car (Oscar Esparza, Arthur Rivas, Richard Carrasco) and five Salazar children in the truck (Eric, Jochelyn Grace, Monique Janae, Michael Alexander, and Sienna Rose Salazar), all eight died. | nbcnews.com |
8346 | Eric Salazar | 8 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/08/2009 | Orosi | CA | 36.559671 | -119.305304 | Dinuba Police Department |
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| A car stolen at knifepoint and doing 80 MPH on a rural road, chased by local police, crashed full-speed into a family's pickup. Three teens in the car (Oscar Esparza, Arthur Rivas, Richard Carrasco) and five Salazar children in the truck (Eric, Jochelyn Grace, Monique Janae, Michael Alexander, and Sienna Rose Salazar), all eight died. | nbcnews.com |
8347 | Richard Carrasco | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/08/2009 | Orosi | CA | 36.559671 | -119.305304 | Dinuba Police Department |
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| A car stolen at knifepoint and doing 80 MPH on a rural road, chased by local police, crashed full-speed into a family's pickup. Three teens in the car (Oscar Esparza, Arthur Rivas, Richard Carrasco) and five Salazar children in the truck (Eric, Jochelyn Grace, Monique Janae, Michael Alexander, and Sienna Rose Salazar), all eight died. | nbcnews.com |
8348 | Arthur Rivas | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/08/2009 | Orosi | CA | 36.559671 | -119.305304 | Dinuba Police Department |
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| A car stolen at knifepoint and doing 80 MPH on a rural road, chased by local police, crashed full-speed into a family's pickup. Three teens in the car (Oscar Esparza, Arthur Rivas, Richard Carrasco) and five Salazar children in the truck (Eric, Jochelyn Grace, Monique Janae, Michael Alexander, and Sienna Rose Salazar), all eight died. | nbcnews.com |
8349 | Oscar Esparza | 17 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/08/2009 | Orosi | CA | 36.559671 | -119.305304 | Dinuba Police Department |
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| A car stolen at knifepoint and doing 80 MPH on a rural road, chased by local police, crashed full-speed into a family's pickup. Three teens in the car (Oscar Esparza, Arthur Rivas, Richard Carrasco) and five Salazar children in the truck (Eric, Jochelyn Grace, Monique Janae, Michael Alexander, and Sienna Rose Salazar), all eight died. | nbcnews.com |
8341 | Richard Aurelio Chagolla | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/08/2009 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.1305078 | -117.3008933 | San Bernardino Police Department |
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| Richard Aurelio Chagolla was killed when his vehicle crashed during a police chase. | sbsun.com |
8354 | Name withheld by police | 24 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/09/2009 | Los Angeles | CA | 33.9709148 | -118.3090066 | Hawthorne Police Department, Gardena Police Department |
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| An unidentified motorcyclist was killed when he crashed into a car during a high-speed police chase into South Los Angeles. | insidebayarea.com |
8356 | Roger Dale Clark | 46 | Male | European-American/White | 08/09/2009 | Bald Knob | AR | 35.3365448 | -91.5789145 | Arkansas State Police |
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| Clark was allegedly fleeing an assault and being pursued by state police when he crashed and died. His two passengers were injured. | google.com |
8358 | Staci Elder | 37 | Female | European-American/White | 08/10/2009 | Cleveland | OH | 41.4529757 | -81.8013773 | Brook Park Police Department |
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| Elder was a passenger on a motorcycle that fled a police stop and crashed. | cleveland.com |
21242 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 08/13/2009 | Detroit | MI | 42.331322 | -83.1279364 | Taylor Police Department, Michigan State Police |
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| A Taylor resident called police about 6:25 a.m. to report his truck had been stolen. Police said patrol officers saw the truck a short time later on I-75 and tried to stop it. The driver reportedly fled, and the officers chased the truck into Detroit. The truck drove onto Michigan Avenue, where police said the driver sped up after seeing a MSP cruiser, according to police. The truck then hit a minivan, careened into a parked truck and a utility pole before exploding in front of Telway Hamburgers restaurant. The truck's driver died in the crash. | mlive.com | |
21243 | Name withheld by police | 21 | Race unspecified | 08/15/2009 | Westland | MI | 42.3350885 | -83.3507716 |
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| A 21-year-old driver was killed in a police-chase-related accident. Appears in mlive.com chase database. Accident report (#260433) states that the crash involved two vehicles. Additional details were unavailable. | mlive.com | ||
8370 | Jose L. Thurman | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/18/2009 | Apple Valley | CA | 34.4685092 | -117.2037151 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Jose L. Thurman was killed when his motorcycle crashed at the end of a CHP chase. | dailybulletin.com |
8373 | Justin Teigen | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/19/2009 | St. Paul | MN | 44.899842 | -93.0842961 | St. Paul Police Department |
|
| Justin Teigen eluded St. Paul police by hiding in a recycling bin. The 24-year-old resurfaced about six hours later when workers at an Inver Grove Heights recycling facility found his body amid a heap of recycling material. Although the cause of death has yet to be determined, St. Paul police suspect that Teigen was seriously injured in a car crash while fleeing an officer and later died in the Dumpster. | twincities.com |
8375 | Eduardo Ledezma | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/20/2009 | Castro Valley | CA | 37.6842702 | -122.0734662 | Alameda County Sheriff's Office |
|
| Eduardo Ledezma was killed when he lost control of his car and crashed while fleeing from deputies. | abc7news.com |
8390 | Marquita Bosley | 25 | Female | African-American/Black | 08/26/2009 | Oakland | CA | 37.8102645 | -122.2778243 | Oakland Police Department |
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| Marquita Bosley was killed and her 19-month-old son Nai'ere was critically injured when a driver fleeing police crashed into Bosley's car in West Oakland. | abc7news.com |
8392 | Alaysia Marks | 2 | Female | Race unspecified | 08/26/2009 | Mobile | AL | 30.7102289 | -88.0768899 | Mobile Police Department |
|
| Alaysia Marks was killed when a driver who led police on a chase crashed into her mother's car. | montgomeryadvertiser.com |
26772 | Samuel Marino | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 08/26/2009 | Weston | CT | 41.2033755 | -73.382476 | Norwalk Police Department |
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| Samuel Marino allegedly carjacked two vehicles and was suspected in a Rowayton home invasion. He was killed when he crashed into a power pole during a police pursuit. | stamfordadvocate.com |
8395 | Thomas Maurice Ozborne | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/29/2009 | Kansas City | KS | 39.0724138 | -94.6074015 | Kansas City Police Department |
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| Thomas Maurice Ozborne died after he popped a wheelie on his Harley Davidson motorcycle and collided with a 1999 Ford van during a police chase. According to police, an officer saw Ozborne commit a traffic violation at 10th Street and Rosedale Drive shortly before 4 p.m. Ozborne allegedly refused to stop and the officer pursued him. As Ozborne approached the state line on Southwest Boulevard, police said the officer began to back off. Ozborne reportedly sped up and struck the van in an intersection. Ozborne died at the scene. | cjonline.com |
8404 | Antonio Salazar Perales | 78 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/04/2009 | Kansas City | MO | 39.1047014 | -94.5050391 | Kansas City Police Department |
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| Pedestrian Antonio Salazar Perales was struck and killed by an officer in an unmarked car just before 11:30 a.m. at Independence and Bennington avenues. According to police, the officer was traveling west on Independence with a green light. Perales was in the crosswalk when he was struck. Perales was reportedly homeless and was walking near a restaurant whose manager gave him food everyday. Police said they weren't certain that Perales was the man's real name. | blogspot.com |
8413 | John Frederick Freeman Jr. | 44 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/06/2009 | College Park | GA | 33.6237285 | -84.4896093 | Georgia State Patrol |
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| Troopers saw a motorcycle speeding. They tried to initiate a traffic stop, but Freeman fled. The cyclist drove through downtown Atlanta, and onto Interstate 85 and went over the wall at Old National Highway and I-85. Freeman was struck and killed by a Ford Expedition, which was traveling northbound on the highway. | henryherald.com |
8428 | Zannie Hatcher | 73 | Female | Race unspecified | 09/09/2009 | College Park | GA | 33.617136 | -84.473347 | Clayton County Police Department |
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| Christian Ree Harris, 24, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, four counts of hit-and-run, one count of driving on the wrong side of the road, and one count of reckless driving, according to police. Harris is accused of causing the head-on collision that killed Zannie Hatcher, 73, and her daughter, Bonnie Vicks, 57, both of College Park. | google.com |
8429 | Bonnie Vicks | 57 | Female | Race unspecified | 09/09/2009 | College Park | GA | 33.617136 | -84.473347 | Clayton County Police Department |
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| Christian Ree Harris, 24, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, four counts of hit-and-run, one count of driving on the wrong side of the road, and one count of reckless driving, according to police. Harris is accused of causing the head-on collision that killed Zannie Hatcher, 73, and her daughter, Bonnie Vicks, 57, both of College Park. | google.com |
21245 | Name withheld by police | 15 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/13/2009 | Redford Charter Township | MI | 42.373655 | -83.2753545 | Southfield Police Department |
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| According to police, an officer on patrol tried to stop a speeding 1998 Ford Windstar near Telegraph and Swanson at around 4:30 a.m. The driver reportedly fled with police in pursuit. Police said the driver lost control of the car and crashed into a street sign, a fire hydrant and a tool supply store. An unidentified 15-year-old, believed to have been a passenger in the fleeing car, was killed. According to police, they'd terminated the pursuit before the crash. | candgnews.com |
22462 | Kyle L. Parker | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 09/15/2009 | Evansville | IN | 37.996646 | -87.554995 | Evansville Police Department |
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| A brief police chase ended when the pursued vehicle, driven by Samuel D. Manley, broadsided another car, killing Kyle Parker at the intersection of Herndon Drive and Stringtown Road. | google.com |
22796 | Robert "Snoop" Sherron White | 33 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/17/2009 | Richmond | VA | 37.5522416 | -77.4286414 | Richmond Police Department |
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| Robert S. White died after losing control of his car and hitting a utility pole near the Fifth Street Bridge. Richmond police had been trying to stop White for an unspecified traffic infraction. White had outstanding warrants for abduction and grand larceny. | richmond.com |
8444 | Yuceff W. Young II | 21 | Male | African-American/Black | 09/19/2009 | Brooklyn | OH | 41.4401473 | -81.7556132 | Linndale Police Department, Brooklyn Police Department |
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| Yuceff W. Young II died after police tasered him following his crashing his car. | cleveland.com |
8450 | Francisco Jesus Mendoza Suarez | 33 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/21/2009 | Bay St. Louis | MS | 30.3102687 | -89.3658393 | Waveland Police Department |
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| Suarez was a bicyclist killed in a collision involving a Waveland patrol car and an Escalade after the officer failed to yield right of way. | wlox.com |
8457 | William J. Hansen | 35 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/23/2009 | Independence | MO | 39.0900652 | -94.5034916 | Independence Police Department |
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| William J. Hansen was killed after his motorcycle hit a truck during a police chase. At around 9:30 a.m., an officer made a U-turn when he saw a pickup on Blue Ridge Boulevard that fit the description of one that had been reported stolen. The officer checked the truck's plates and learned it wasn't the stolen vehicle. Meanwhile, the motorcyclist who'd been behind the truck reportedly took off at a high rate of speed, so the officer chased it into a residential area where the motorcycle crashed into a truck in an intersection. | examiner.net |
19133 | Michael Allen Penny | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 09/25/2009 | Centrahoma | OK | 34.6001575 | -96.3455447 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol |
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| Trooper Mark Benedict went to pull over a man driving an SUV for a broken tail-light, but Michael Allen Penny didn't stop. He sped up, heading east down Highway 3. With his lights and sirens flashing, Benedict began the pursuit. About four miles into the pursuit, troopers say Penny swerved across traffic and slammed head-on into an oncoming Braum's truck - killing Penny on impact. | kten.com |
8465 | Dean William Greenwalt | 66 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/26/2009 | Woodland Hills | CA | 34.1684453 | -118.6038131 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Dean William Greenwalt was a pedestrian who was killed when a car being chased by the CHP struck him in a crosswalk. | cbslocal.com |
8467 | Barnabas Roberson | 24 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/26/2009 | San Antonio | TX | 29.5201921 | -98.4994006 | San Antonio Police Department |
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| Officers set up a drug buy with an informant who believed that Roberson was in possession of cocaine. Officers revealed themselves during the buy. Roberson drove away so quickly that they lost sight of him as he crashed into a cement pillar, dying at the scene. Cocaine was found in the vehicle he drove. | google.com |
8472 | Vionique Valnord | 32 | Female | African-American/Black | 09/27/2009 | Brooklyn | NY | 40.6192925 | -73.9211071 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Valnold was struck and killed by an intoxicated NYPD officer. The officer was charged with DWI and vehicular manslaughter. | nydailynews.com |
8483 | Rick Bennett | 34 | Male | European-American/White | 09/30/2009 | Fenton | MI | 42.8074996 | -83.7263899 | Durand Police Department, Michigan State Police, Genesee County Sheriff's Office, Mundy Township Police Department |
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| Bennett, a sergeant in the county's sheriff's department, turned quarry in a police chase after he visited his estranged wife, and smashed the windows of a vehicle they owned in common. When local police arrived he fled at speeds of up to 100 MPH. Near midnight he lost control on an exit, rolled his vehicle, and sustained fatal injuries. | tctimes.com |
19104 | Velyncia Bradford | 46 | Female | Race unspecified | 10/02/2009 | Moncks Corner | SC | 33.2021329 | -79.990409 | Berkeley County Sheriff's Office |
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| Velyncia Bradford, 46, was crossing the highway in town on foot when a north-bound cruiser driven by Deputy Charles Scott hit and killed her. Scott is a reserve officer. | postandcourier.com |
8494 | Victor Demarius Steen | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/03/2009 | Pensacola | FL | 30.420923 | -87.24687 | Pensacola Police Department |
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| Late one night in October, a 17-year-old on a bike was chased by a police officer in a cruiser. When the boy refused to stop, the officer aimed his Taser out the driver's window and fired. The boy fell off the bike and the cruiser ran over him, killing him. | tampabay.com |
8496 | James Loren Vest III | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 10/04/2009 | Kalona | IA | 41.4968606 | -91.7338011 | Washington County Sheriff's Office |
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| James Loren Vest III was being chased by a deputy when he lost control of his vehicle, overturned in the west ditch and hit a utility pole just after 3 a.m. | kwwl.com |
8503 | Shannon Wiggins | 35 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/07/2009 | Tampa | FL | 27.9521081 | -82.4850365 | Tampa Police Department |
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| Wiggins had done to prison twice and been arrested some 28 times. When he ran a stop sign then a red traffic light, he started a police chase that ended when his white Pontiac collided with two other cars. He then sustained fatal injuries crashing into a light pole. | tampabay.com |
20399 | Angel Blanco-Hernandez | 35 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/07/2009 | York | PA | 39.9702222 | -76.739122 | York City Police Department |
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| Joshua Minor, 19, of York, was fleeing a police stop in a stolen car when he ran a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle at Parkway Boulevard and Smith Street, killing Angel Blanco-Hernandez, 35, police said. | inyork.com |
21250 | Brian Keith Boling | 42 | Male | European-American/White | 10/11/2009 | Warren | MI | 42.4527225 | -83.0179434 | Warren Police Department, Detroit Police Department |
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| According to police, Brian Keith Boling fled as Detroit officers exited their cars during a traffic stop shortly before 10 p.m. Warren police joined the pursuit when Boling crossed into the suburb. Boling reportedly overshot a turn and hit a cyclone fence. Boling was impaled in the head by a 12-foot fence rail when it went through the front windshield and out the back of the truck. | mlive.com |
8518 | Travis Floyd | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/12/2009 | Rincon | GA | 32.2832602 | -81.2332357 | Effingham County Sheriff's Office |
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| Died from injuries as passenger in motor vehicle accident. The fleeing vehicle ran over spike strips placed in road by deputy. After running over the spikes the vehicle crashed. The driver, Dartanya Bentley, Jr. died at the scene, and Floyd was later pronounced dead at Effingham Hospital. | savannahnow.com |
8517 | Dartanya Bentley Jr. | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/12/2009 | Rincon | GA | 32.2832602 | -81.2332357 | Effingham County Sheriff's Office |
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| Died from injuries in motor vehicle accident after fleeing vehicle ran over spike strips placed in road by deputy. Bentley was originally stopped for speeding, but fled in vehicle when asked for his driver's license. As high speed chase ensued. After running over the spikes Bentley and his passenger died in the accident that also injured a person in a different vehicle. | savannahnow.com |
8521 | Paul Korkowski | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/14/2009 | Ames | IA | 42.0798302 | -93.5660039 | Iowa State Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office |
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| A high speed chase began after a state trooper tried to stop Paul Korkowski's 1998 Ford Focus for speeding on I-35 in Franklin County. A HCSD deputy deployed stop sticks at the 126 mile marker, disabling the car's left front tire. According to police, Korkowski then turned off his headlights and continued into Story County. Near 116 mile marker 116, Korkowski reportedly crossed the median and drove southbound in the northbound lanes. He passed several vehicles before hitting a semi truck head on. Korkowski died at the scene. The semi driver was not physically injured. | radioiowa.com |
8522 | Devin Petelski | 25 | Female | European-American/White | 10/15/2009 | Venice | CA | 33.9957663 | -118.4491638 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Devin Petelski died two days after a patrol car driven by officer James Eldridge crashed into her car. | wordpress.com |
22401 | Amber Starr McMillen | 30 | Female | Race unspecified | 10/16/2009 | Grovertown | IN | 41.391288 | -86.498426 | Starke County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy was investigating a report of a possible meth lab when he saw a purple, older-model Mustang drive by. That car allegedly had been linked to the house in question, and the deputy started to chase it. The 1987 Ford Mustang was going at a high speed down a rural road with headlights off when the driver lost control and hit some trees. The crash seriously injured the driver, Dale Hite, and killed passengers Amber McMillen and Nicholas White. | southbendtribune.com |
22402 | Nicholas R. White | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 10/16/2009 | Grovertown | IN | 41.391288 | -86.498426 | Starke County Sheriff's Office |
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| A deputy was investigating a report of a possible meth lab when he saw a purple, older-model Mustang drive by. That car allegedly had been linked to the house in question, and the deputy started to chase it. The 1987 Ford Mustang was going at a high speed down a rural road with headlights off when the driver lost control and hit some trees. The crash seriously injured the driver, Dale Hite, and killed passengers Amber McMillen and Nicholas White. | southbendtribune.com |
19145 | Kylie Jade Barnett | 15 | Female | Race unspecified | 10/16/2009 | Okmulgee | OK | 35.6826134 | -95.9657714 | Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office |
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| Jonathan Deere, 16, crashed and killed a passenger while trying to elude a law officer. Passenger Kylie Barnett, 15, was dead on impact. | newsok.com |
8525 | Ashlyn N. Payne | 18 | Female | European-American/White | 10/16/2009 | Mossville | IL | 40.8193385 | -89.5643228 | Peoria County Sheriff's Office |
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| Ashlyn N. Payne died at a hospital three days after the car she was in crashed while fleeing deputy Shawn Yarger at 90 mph. According to police, Yarger was called to 14209 IL-29, where Jamie D. Duhs, 18, was standing by a 2005 Chevrolet. Duhs then reportedly got in and drove off with Yarger in pursuit. Yarger said he discontinued the pursuit due to Duhs' erratic driving. Soon afterward, Duhs hit a guardrail and crashed. Duhs was seriously injured in the crash and was cited for DUI. | pjstar.com |
8526 | Brett Miller | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 10/16/2009 | Bedford | TX | 32.8447644 | -97.1336072 | Bedford Police Department |
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| Motorcyclists Miller died after striking another vehicle in a 100 MPH police chase. Officers were after him for running a red light, and said he'd had little reason to flee. | wfaa.com |
8530 | David Lee Quintana | 21 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 10/17/2009 | San Antonio | TX | 29.390976 | -98.465413 | San Antonio Police Department |
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| Quintana, pursued by police, crashed into another driver, killing himself instantly. | mysanantonio.com |
8550 | Terence Holloway | 52 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/25/2009 | Brentwood | MO | 38.62649 | -90.334947 | Brentwood Police Department |
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| Terence Holloway was killed when his car crashed while fleeing police after allegedly shoplifting items from a Brentwood Home Depot. According to police, Holloway was driving a Jaguar on Hanley Road at around 4 p.m. when he saw the police car. Holloway then made a u-turn and his car was struck by a Chevrolet Tahoe. | stlamerican.com |
8549 | Brandon James Mechaley | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 10/25/2009 | Louisburg | KS | 38.6227691 | -94.6954223 | Kansas Highway Patrol |
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| Brandon James Mechaley died in a crash while he was being pursued by a KHP trooper for speeding. The KHP said Mechaley tried to avoid vehicles as he tried to exit, and lost control of his 1997 Pontiac Firebird. The car rolled before coming to rest on its roof just before 10 a.m. | wibw.com |
21251 | Name withheld by police | Female | Race unspecified | 10/26/2009 | Detroit | MI | 42.3886263 | -83.1190669 | Detroit Police Department |
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| At about 9:15 p.m., police said they were alerted to a Dodge Ram hitting a pole near Pingree and fleeing the scene. En route to the site, officers reportedly saw the pickup speeding north and began to follow it. The truck collided with a Pontiac Grand Prix. A woman and a man inside the Pontiac were killed. Two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old inside the truck were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Their injuries were not expected to be life-threatening, police said. The 16-year-old driver was charged with second degree murder. | mlive.com | |
21252 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 10/26/2009 | Detroit | MI | 42.3886263 | -83.1190669 | Detroit Police Department |
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| At about 9:15 p.m., police said they were alerted to a Dodge Ram hitting a pole near Pingree and fleeing the scene. En route to the site, officers reportedly saw the pickup speeding north and began to follow it. The truck collided with a Pontiac Grand Prix. A woman and a man inside the Pontiac were killed. Two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old inside the truck were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Their injuries were not expected to be life-threatening, police said. The 16-year-old driver was charged with second degree murder. | mlive.com | |
8557 | Keirre Roberts | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/28/2009 | Chicago | IL | 41.8751449 | -87.6691068 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Keirre Roberts was killed and two other men were seriously injured after their car crashed during a police pursuit on the West Side. Police said they saw a suspicious Chevrolet Lumina in the 1100 block South Karlov Avenue. When officers approached, the driver and two passengers sped away, The officers pursued the car onto the eastbound Eisenhower. The car exited at Paulina and crashed into a tree near West Congress Parkway. | chicagobreakingnews.com |
22400 | Nicholas R. Jacobs | 29 | Male | Race unspecified | 10/29/2009 | Hamlet | IN | 41.3951801 | -86.6213678 | Hamlet Police Department, Starke County Sheriff's Office |
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| Nicholas R. Jacobs allegedly stole a tow truck and fled from police, crashing and dying. | southbendtribune.com |
8562 | Drane Nikac | 67 | Female | European-American/White | 10/30/2009 | Bronx | NY | 40.8809782 | -73.9054558 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Immigrant grandmother Nikac was struck and killed by a drunk off-duty NYPD officer while she collected cans and bottles for the refunds. Even after his blood test was delayed for five hours, he was charged with DWI, vehicular homicide and criminally negligent homicide. | nydailynews.com |
22800 | Ervin Kendale Lamote Brower | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 10/31/2009 | Richmond | VA | 37.4418932 | -77.4252688 | Virginia State Police |
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| Ervin Brower died after crashing his Suzuki GSX-R600 motorcycle on the ramp leading to I-95, police said. He was one of three motorcyclists who eluded police while racing in and out of traffic at more than 100 mph. | richmond.com |
8569 | Valerie Davis | 42 | Female | Race unspecified | 11/03/2009 | Chicago | IL | 41.7803262 | -87.6108086 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Chicago Police Department |
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| Valerie Davis was killed after her car was struck by a minivan fleeing police. Chicago police and DEA officers stopped the minivan at about 7 a.m. at 63rd and King. The driver allegedly reversed the minivan and rammed the two unmarked police vehicles. An officer fired at the van, but missed, police said. The minivan went east on 63rd and crashed into Davis' Pontiac. | chicagotribune.com |
21255 | Keriann McLain | 19 | Female | European-American/White | 11/03/2009 | Three Rivers | MI | 41.9845827 | -85.6157912 | Three Rivers Police Department |
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| Police said an officer tried to stop Kevin Michael Glass' 1986 Ford Mustang shortly before midnight for having a taillight that was not working properly. Glass reportedly fled and police gave chase. After about two miles, Glass lost control of the car on a curve, went off the road and struck a fire hydrant, several tree stumps and boulders. Passenger Kariann McLain was ejected from the car and died at the scene. Glass died from his injuries December 9, 2009. | mlive.com |
21256 | Kevin Michael Glass | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 11/03/2009 | Three Rivers | MI | 41.9845827 | -85.6157912 | Three Rivers Police Department |
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| Police said an officer tried to stop Kevin Michael Glass' 1986 Ford Mustang shortly before midnight for having a taillight that was not working properly. Glass reportedly fled and police gave chase. After about two miles, Glass lost control of the car on a curve, went off the road and struck a fire hydrant, several tree stumps and boulders. Passenger Kariann McLain was ejected from the car and died at the scene. Glass died from his injuries December 9, 2009. | mlive.com |
8570 | Vickie Lynn Jackson Freemyer | 52 | Female | European-American/White | 11/03/2009 | Manila | AR | 35.8728613 | -90.1774589 | Arkansas State Police |
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| Vickie Lynn Freemyer, 52, died when her car collided with a state police trooper's vehicle in Manila, a police said. Trooper Andrew Rhew, was on duty and was returning to Manila from an assignment in Jonesboro when the crash occurred. | google.com |
8580 | Norman L. Carlock Jr. | 41 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/05/2009 | Jefferson City | MO | 38.582716 | -92.221868 | Jefferson City Police Department |
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| Pedestrian Norman L. Carlock Jr. was struck by a marked patrol car driven by officer Zachary Jenkins on November 5 and died from his injuries on November 25. According to police reports, a call came in at around 9:40 p.m. about a stalled vehicle in the westbound lanes of US 50. Jenkins responded to the scene and hit Carlock. According to Jenkins, he never saw Carlock. Police said Jenkins returned to the site and called for an ambulance. | columbiatribune.com |
8582 | Beau W. Blake | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 11/05/2009 | Wichita | KS | 37.5789546 | -97.3340703 | Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office |
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| Blake was a passenger in a vehicle pursued by an officer which subsequently crashed, killing the victim. Related civil suit was settled for $20,000. | kansas.com |
8581 | Colton L. Emerson | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 11/05/2009 | Wichita | KS | 37.5789546 | -97.3340703 | Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office |
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| Emerson was the driver of a vehicle pursued by an officer which subsequently crashed, killing him. | kansas.com |
19100 | Robert White Jr. | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/07/2009 | McClellanville | SC | 33.095336 | -79.4762034 | Charleston County Sheriff's Office |
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| The driver, Robert White Jr., 23, of Huger and passenger, Marcus Taylor, 27, of Goose Creek were pronounced dead after a high-speed chase that began with gunfire outside a club and ended when the driver lost control on a country road and crashed into a tree. | postandcourier.com |
19101 | Marcus Ryan Taylor | 27 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/07/2009 | McClellanville | SC | 33.095336 | -79.4762034 | Charleston County Sheriff's Office |
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| The driver, Robert White Jr., 23, of Huger and passenger, Marcus Taylor, 27, of Goose Creek were pronounced dead after a high-speed chase that began with gunfire outside a club and ended when the driver lost control on a country road and crashed into a tree. | postandcourier.com |
28675 | Marcos Antonio Arredondo | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/08/2009 | Goleta | CA | 34.434747 | -119.869654 | Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputy Jeremy Rogers was on duty when he overheard a radio callout of a wrong-way driver on CA-101. Rogers responded, in an apparent violation of sheriff's protocol. Rogers entered the Glen Annie/Storke Road on-ramp and slowed to a crawl as he merged onto the highway. He failed to signal or put on his overhead lights and siren to indicate there was an emergency. Marcos Arredondo, 18, was driving south along the 101 with his two teenaged sisters and a family friend. Arredondo had to quickly change lanes to avoid hitting Rogers, which put him directly in the path of the oncoming suspect. Arredondo and the family friend, 58-year-old Macrina Ocampo, were killed in the crash. Richard Rodriguez pled guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, with three special allegations of causing great bodily injury or death, and was sentenced to 13 years in state prison. | independent.com |
28676 | Macrina Ocampo | 58 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 11/08/2009 | Goleta | CA | 34.434747 | -119.869654 | Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputy Jeremy Rogers was on duty when he overheard a radio callout of a wrong-way driver on CA-101. Rogers responded, in an apparent violation of sheriff's protocol. Rogers entered the Glen Annie/Storke Road on-ramp and slowed to a crawl as he merged onto the highway. He failed to signal or put on his overhead lights and siren to indicate there was an emergency. Marcos Arredondo, 18, was driving south along the 101 with his two teenaged sisters and a family friend. Arredondo had to quickly change lanes to avoid hitting Rogers, which put him directly in the path of the oncoming suspect. Arredondo and the family friend, 58-year-old Macrina Ocampo, were killed in the crash. Richard Rodriguez pled guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, with three special allegations of causing great bodily injury or death, and was sentenced to 13 years in state prison. | independent.com |
8594 | Asa Nakeen Warren | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 11/10/2009 | Iuka | MS | 34.7914517 | -88.2054837 | Corinth Police Department |
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| Warren was a passenger in a vehicle that crashed during a police crash that began after an alleged bank robbery in Corinth. The driver, Vida Deshondrell Byrd, also died in the accident. Warren died from his injuries on December 9, 2009. | blog.al.com |
8595 | Vida DeShondrell Byrd | 24 | Female | African-American/Black | 11/10/2009 | Iuka | MS | 34.7914517 | -88.2054837 | Corinth Police Department |
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| Vida Byrd died when she was ejected from a vehicle following a high speed chase that began with the robbery of a Corinth bank. The first officers on the scene at a branch of SouthBank reported shots fired as a vehicle allegedly attempted to run them over while leaving the parking lot around 4:30 PM. Police say the robbery sparked a pursuit which ended when the driver lost control of their SUV on US 72 near Iuka. The SUV rolled at least once, coming to rest on its roof and ejecting both occupants. Byrd was killed; Asa Nakeen Warren was injured in the crash and died from his injuries in December. | blog.al.com |
21257 | Desean Murrell Fant | 15 | Male | Race unspecified | 11/10/2009 | Oak Park | MI | 42.4639761 | -83.174453 | Oak Park Department of Public Safety |
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| Police said an Oak Park resident reported their 1999 Saturn stolen about 11:40 p.m. Officers saw the car parked four or five blocks away on Morton and approached on foot. The driver, 15-year-old Desean Murrell Fant, reportedly fled and police gave chase. Fant lost control of the car and hit a tree and a parked car near where the pursuit started. Fant died at the scene. A passenger, also 15, was slightly injured, police said. | pressandguide.com |
8600 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 11/12/2009 | Atlanta | GA | 33.8584856 | -84.4537347 | Cobb County Police Department |
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| Police were on the lookout for a stolen Ford Contour that had reportedly been involved in several burglaries in the Vinings area. An officer spotted the Contour on Paces Ferry Road, and when the officer tried to stop the car, the driver fled, police said. The Contour sped across the Chattahoochee River into Atlanta, where the driver lost control and struck a tree. The driver was killed and a passenger sustained non-life threatening injuries. | google.com | |
8621 | Derric Edwin Rush | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 11/18/2009 | Birmingham | AL | 33.5216411 | -86.8491254 | Birmingham Police Department |
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| Off-duty officer James Kendrick crashed his car into one driven by Derric Rush, killing Rush. | blog.al.com |
8627 | Luis Andrades-Garcia | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 11/19/2009 | Sabattus | ME | 43.6494731 | -70.337335 | Maine State Police |
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| State troopers in a high-speed pursuit of Andrades-Garcia reported that they followed him after reports of his erratic driving. In a friend's vehicle, with no driver's license, at speeds of over 100 MPH and apparently fresh out of a state correctional institute on drug charges, Andrades-Garcia lost control of the car. He crashed, the car burst into flames, and he died at the scene. | bangordailynews.com | |
22801 | Nicole Bellio | 25 | Female | Race unspecified | 11/21/2009 | Glen Allen | VA | 37.658126 | -77.5619598 | Henrico County Division of Police |
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| Nicole Bellio was killed after losing control of her car while trying to evade police in Short Pump. Henrico police had attempted to pull her over for speeding on West Broad Street and followed her until the crash on Springfield Road. | richmond.com |
8641 | Zack Palmer | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 11/26/2009 | Topeka | KS | 39.0722726 | -95.6707348 | Topeka Police Department |
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| Zack Palmer was killed after the car he was in crashed during a police chase. According to police, officers first saw the vehicle speeding north on the 600 block of SW Topeka Blvd at 2:13 a.m. When police attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver allegedly accelerated and ran two red lights. The chase continued over the Topeka Bridge, until the driver tried turning right at Morse, lost control and hit a stoplight. The driver was thrown from the rolling vehicle and Palmer, a passenger, had to be extracted from the back seat. Palmer died at a hospital. | wibw.com |
8642 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 11/27/2009 | Visalia | CA | 36.3276112 | -119.3316697 | Visalia Police Department |
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| An unidentified driver was killed in a fiery crash following a police chase. | blogspot.com | |
8647 | Jonathan Munro | 20 | Male | European-American/White | 11/30/2009 | Fresno | CA | 36.881244 | -119.7388255 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Jonathan Munro was killed when his motorcycle crashed after being chased by the CHP. | google.com |
20394 | Brandon Roeder | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/03/2009 | Bloomsburg | PA | 41.0764718 | -76.5111982 | Pennsylvania State Police |
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| Police said that Brandon Roeder, driving a 1984 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, was driving erratically. When troopers attempted to stop the truck, Roeder fled. When he drove onto a dirt portion of road, he lost control of his car, which rolled over several times, partially ejecting Roeder and killing him. | dailyitem.com |
8654 | Lashanna Jones Snipes | 34 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/03/2009 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6720756 | -90.2793779 | Uplands Park Police Department |
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| Lashanna Snipes was killed when a 16-year-old driver being chased by auxiliary officer Lamont Aikens and Sgt. Janet Riley hit her car. The officers pursued Derion Henderson for driving 46 mph in a 30 zone. The officers initially claimed they stopped the chase at St. Louis Avenue. However, witness statements contradicted the police version. Aikens and Riley later said they resumed the chase after Henderson hit a witness' car. An attorney for Snipes' family said that claim was only made after the officers learned of the witness' statement. Henderson, who was sentenced to 17 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and vehicle tampering, said the police cruiser bumped him from behind, sending him into Snipes' car. Prosecutors charged Aikens with knowingly holding the commission of a police officer without a valid license, a misdemeanor. In 2013, Circuit Judge Dennis Smith acquitted Aikens. In June 2012, a St. Louis jury returned a $3.1 million verdict against Uplands Park for Snipes' death. | stltoday.com |
22804 | Andre Raymon Simpson | 38 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/04/2009 | Henrico | VA | 37.4720801 | -77.3891544 | Henrico County Division of Police, Richmond Police Department |
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| Andre Simpson allegedly helped to commit an armed robbery, according to police, and then dying with his accomplice, Lawrence Murchison, in a high-speed crash on New Market Road in Henrico County. | richmond.com |
22805 | Lawrence Eddie "Kapuko" Murchison Jr. | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/04/2009 | Henrico | VA | 37.4720801 | -77.3891544 | Henrico County Division of Police, Richmond Police Department |
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| Andre Simpson allegedly helped to commit an armed robbery, according to police, and then dying with his accomplice, Lawrence Murchison, in a high-speed crash on New Market Road in Henrico County. | richmond.com |
20594 | Dennis Bockhop | 50 | Male | European-American/White | 12/07/2009 | Platteville | WI | 42.806445 | -90.364212 | Wisconsin State Patrol |
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| Dennis Bockhop was being pursued by a state trooper when he crashed his pickup truck into a tree stump and overturned, the truck catching fire and the driver dying as a result of the crash. According to police, the state trooper was in pursuit of a vehicle that refused to stop. | madison.com |
8664 | Ronald Hasaan Darenseurg Jr. | 20 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/09/2009 | Robert | LA | 30.5066496 | -90.3534711 | St.Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Two armed robbery suspects were killed in a crash Wednesday night in Tangipahoa Parish, while they were being pursued by St.Tammany Parish deputies. | nola.com |
8665 | Frank Beard Jr. | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/09/2009 | Robert | LA | 30.5066496 | -90.3534711 | St.Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Two armed robbery suspects were killed in a crash Wednesday night in Tangipahoa Parish, while they were being pursued by St.Tammany Parish deputies. | nola.com |
8666 | Dorothy Weaver Gwin | 61 | Female | Race unspecified | 12/10/2009 | Southaven | MS | 34.991841 | -90.022524 | Southaven Police Department, Horn Lake Police Department |
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| Shortly after 9 p.m., Dorothy Weaver Gwin was killed when her car was hit by Timothy West, 29, who was fleeing police. The chase endured for at least 5 miles before the crash. West survived and was charged with culpable negligent manslaughter. | wmcactionnews5.com |
8672 | Sonia Baker | 27 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/11/2009 | Fort Worth | TX | 32.628033 | -97.376926 | Fort Worth Police Department |
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| Officer Jesus Cisneros went to the Pour House for his birthday and drank four beers and four shots. He drove home in an unmarked police SUV, a violation of departmental policy, and struck Baker's vehicle at a speed of 76 mph, killing her. The posted speed limit was 35 mph. Officer Cisneros's blood alcohol content was .17. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for intoxication manslaughter. | nbcdfw.com |
8675 | Dave Johnson | 40 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/12/2009 | DeLand | FL | 29.0154149 | -81.2463961 | DeLand Police Department |
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| Johnson's SUV collided head on with a stolen tradesman's truck being chased by a local police department. Johnson died at the scene. | beacononlinenews.com |
8676 | Christopher L. Perkins | 30 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/13/2009 | Wichita | KS | 37.63142 | -97.317122 | Wichita Police Department |
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| Christopher L. Perkins was killed when a police car driven by officer Garrett Shaddix hit his 1994 Saturn. Shaddix was reportedly responding to a disturbance call at a Wichita nightclub at around 11 p.m. According to witnesses, Shaddix was driving between 60 and 75 mph in a 40 mph zone with no warning lights or siren when Perkins turned in front of him. Shaddix was charged with misdemeanor vehicular homicide and was acquitted in 2011. In 2010, the Wichita city council agreed to a $300,000 settlement with Perkins' family. | ljworld.com |
21733 | Brian A. Thomas | 45 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/17/2009 | Annapolis | MD | 39.0009299 | -76.5883947 | Annapolis Police Department |
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| Brian A. Thomas was hit and killed by a car while he was crossing the road after his vehicle became disabled. The driver of the car, Gregory D. Fabela, a 35-year-old Annapolis police officer, was driving the 2006 Chrysler 300 that killed Thomas. He was not injured and state police believe that pedestrian error caused the crash. | google.com |
8697 | Man K. "Mike" Wong | 29 | Male | Asian/Pacific Islander | 12/20/2009 | Cicero | IL | 41.8348407 | -87.7436777 | Lockport Police Department |
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| Off-duty officer Edward Stapinsk was charged with reckless homicide and drunken driving in connection with a three-car crash that killed Man K. "Mike" Wong on the Stevenson Expressway. | chicagotribune.com |
8696 | Durwin Anthony Schofield | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/20/2009 | Bethlehem | GA | 33.915774 | -83.718389 | Georgia State Patrol |
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| Schofield was killed in a high-speed chase after robbing a Dollar General in Monroe. He was also accused of holding up Dollar General stores last week in Bethlehem and Hoschton, police said. | google.com |
8705 | Brandon W. Crawford | 25 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/22/2009 | Mt Sterling | OH | 39.729248 | -83.205884 | Mount Sterling Police Department |
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| Crawford fled a traffic stop. Police claimed they had stopped the chase before Crawford wrecked. | circlevilleherald.com |
21259 | Robert Porter | 37 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/22/2009 | Constantine | MI | 41.8460793 | -85.6719477 | Constantine Police Department, Michigan State Police |
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| Police said they received a report that a man had shoplifted some toiletries from a Three Rivers Walgreens and left in a 2001 Chrysler Sebring at about 1:30 p.m. Constantine police chief Jim Bedell said he saw the car on Lutz Road and tried to stop it, but the driver, Robert Porter, fled. Police said the Chrysler slowed and a passenger jumped out near West Water and Hull. The passenger was taken into custody. A second Constantine unit continued the pursuit on Water Street to South Washington, where state trooper Trever Slater took over. Police said Porter failed to negotiate a curve at the south end of the village, crossed into oncoming traffic, hit a minivan, then crashed into a tree, killing Porter. | mlive.com |
8708 | Vanessa Hurtado | 16 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/23/2009 | Hayward | CA | 37.6751733 | -122.0820328 | Alameda County Sheriff's Office |
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| Passengers Vanessa Hurtado, Andrew Falcon and Dominic Hall were killed when driver Leo Ray Olguin, 22, ran a red light and crashed through a big rig trailer while fleeing police. | contracostatimes.com |
8709 | Dominic Hall | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/23/2009 | Hayward | CA | 37.6751733 | -122.0820328 | Alameda County Sheriff's Office |
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| Passengers Vanessa Hurtado, Andrew Falcon and Dominic Hall were killed when driver Leo Ray Olguin, 22, ran a red light and crashed through a big rig trailer while fleeing police. | contracostatimes.com |
8710 | Andrew Falcon | 17 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/23/2009 | Hayward | CA | 37.6751733 | -122.0820328 | Alameda County Sheriff's Office |
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| Passengers Vanessa Hurtado, Andrew Falcon and Dominic Hall were killed when driver Leo Ray Olguin, 22, ran a red light and crashed through a big rig trailer while fleeing police. | contracostatimes.com |
8726 | Maria Consuelo Nieto | 49 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/29/2009 | Holtville | CA | 32.730335 | -115.465056 | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
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| Sandra Garcia, Patricia Reyes and Maria Nieto were killed when federal immigration agent Cole Dotson ran a stop sign and crashed into their minivan. | ivpressonline.com |
8727 | Sandra Garcia | 41 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/29/2009 | Holtville | CA | 32.730335 | -115.465056 | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
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| Sandra Garcia, Patricia Reyes and Maria Nieto were killed when federal immigration agent Cole Dotson ran a stop sign and crashed into their minivan. | ivpressonline.com |
8728 | Patricia Martinez Reyes | 47 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 12/29/2009 | Holtville | CA | 32.730335 | -115.465056 | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
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| Sandra Garcia, Patricia Reyes and Maria Nieto were killed when federal immigration agent Cole Dotson ran a stop sign and crashed into their minivan. | ivpressonline.com |
8731 | Reginal L. Tubbs | 22 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/30/2009 | Kansas City | MO | 39.0944778 | -94.5446797 | Kansas City Police Department |
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| Reginal J. Tubbs was killed when the car he was driving crashed while leading police on a chase. Police began pursuing Tubbs after seeing him driving a vehicle that had been reported stolen twice— first during a carjacking, and then after the car was returned to its owner. Tubbs ran a red light and caused a three-vehicle wreck. Tubbs suffered a broken back, broken leg, head trauma and a lacerated liver. His passenger sustained critical injuries. The drivers of the other vehicles suffered minor injuries. | cjonline.com |
20392 | Derek Salmon | 41 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/30/2009 | Natrona Heights | PA | 40.6386368 | -79.7357197 | Pennsylvania State Police |
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| Derek Salmon while fleeing troopers who had a felony arrest warrant. He crashed head on with a pickup truck. | google.com |
20688 | Don J. Hamilton | 23 | Male | African-American/Black | 12/31/2009 | Milwaukee | WI | 43.0715667 | -87.947332 | Milwaukee Police Department |
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| Don J. Hamilton and Donte Pearson were killed when an SUV that had been reported stolen, driven by Arlo E. Enoch, 18, ran a red light and struck the car in which they were traveling. | jsonline.com |
20689 | Donte Pearson | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 12/31/2009 | Milwaukee | WI | 43.0715667 | -87.947332 | Milwaukee Police Department |
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| Don J. Hamilton and Donte Pearson were killed when an SUV that had been reported stolen, driven by Arlo E. Enoch, 18, ran a red light and struck the car in which they were traveling. | jsonline.com |
20690 | Shanica Adkins | 21 | Female | African-American/Black | 12/31/2009 | Milwaukee | WI | 43.0679154 | -87.9675643 | Milwaukee Police Department |
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| University of Wisconsin-Madison student Shanica Adkins was killed when the Geo Prizm driven by her boyfriend, Donta Brown, was struck by an SUV that ran a red light. The driver in the Mercury Mountaineer, Johnny J. Jones, 34, that killed Adkins was fleeing police, who had attempted to pull the SUV over because it was missing a front license plate. He received 15 years incarceration for the crime. | jsonline.com |
8737 | Carol Jacob | 65 | Female | Race unspecified | 01/02/2010 | Chicago | IL | 41.689736 | -87.7007409 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Carol Jacob died after police said her Kia Rio ran a stop sign and was struck by a Dodge Durango driven by an off-duty officer at about 2:15 p.m. | chicagotribune.com |
8748 | John Velandra | 43 | Male | European-American/White | 01/06/2010 | Fayetteville | NC | 35.0883508 | -78.9267137 | Fayetteville Police Department |
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| Local police responding to early-morning reports of a suspicious person looking around in vehicles found, and chased, a suspect in a stolen F-150 Ford pickup. The suspect refused to pull over and drove recklessly. At an intersection he crashed into Velandra's car despite police attempts to block off the intersection, and Velandra was fatally injured in the crash. | wral.com |
21260 | Name withheld by police | 51 | Female | Race unspecified | 01/06/2010 | Livonia | MI | 42.374673 | -83.4116454 | Michigan State Police |
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| Police said a trooper tried to pull over a woman about noon near I-96 and I-275 for covering her 2008 Saturn's license plate with duct tape.The driver reportedly fled, swiping another car in the process. According to police, the trooper ended the chase near Newburgh in Livonia. The Saturn struck a CSX work truck heading east at Amrhein, pushing it into a Cadillac CTS stopped at the red light on Newburgh. The Saturn slid sideways, over a curb, struck a tree, turned 180 degrees and caught fire, police said, killing the woman in the Saturn. The CSX driver suffered serious injuries. | google.com |
19277 | Sylvia Britt Mattox Hill | 47 | Female | European-American/White | 01/08/2010 | Darlington | SC | 34.2488658 | -79.9378922 | South Carolina Highway Patrol |
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| Hill led a S.C. Highway Patrol trooper on a high-speed chase that ended when his 2005 Chevy Cobalt ran into a tree and killed his only passenger, his 47-year-old wife Sylvia Britt Mattox Hill. | scnow.com |
22038 | Leray Herring | 37 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/09/2010 | Newark | NJ | 40.7243077 | -74.1841905 | Union Township Police Department |
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| Union Township Police attempted to stop Leray Herring in his Honda Accord, just before midnight, police said. He accelerated away and police followed him into Newark. Minutes later, he crashed into a 35-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter, injuring both and killing himself. | www.nj.com |
19213 | Robert Dewayne Davies | 36 | Male | European-American/White | 01/09/2010 | Clover | SC | 35.0750047 | -81.1545079 | Clover Police Department |
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| An officer spotted a speeding truck. The truck didn't stop when the officer turned on blue lights and a siren. As they approached Clover High School, the vehicle started swerving in and out of its lane. The officer lost sight of the vehicle's tail lights and began to slow down. When the officer entered the turn, he saw the wrecked vehicle. Brothers Robert Dewayne Davies, 36, and 38-year-old Ernest Shawn Davies were killed. | wistv.com |
19214 | Ernest Shawn Davies | 38 | Male | European-American/White | 01/09/2010 | Clover | SC | 35.0750047 | -81.1545079 | Clover Police Department |
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| An officer spotted a speeding truck. The truck didn't stop when the officer turned on blue lights and a siren. As they approached Clover High School, the vehicle started swerving in and out of its lane. The officer lost sight of the vehicle's tail lights and began to slow down. When the officer entered the turn, he saw the wrecked vehicle. Brothers Robert Dewayne Davies, 36, and 38-year-old Ernest Shawn Davies were killed. | wistv.com |
25975 | Paul E. Outzen | 72 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/09/2010 | Daytona Beach | FL | 29.218224 | -81.0425516 | Volusia County Sheriff's Office |
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| John Mai, 25, sped away from an attempted traffic stop. Deputies reportedly did not chase him because a pursuit was not authorized, but Paul E. Outzen was fatally injured when the stolen-vehicle driven by Mai crashed into his car. | news-journalonline.com |
8753 | Ethan Lee Owen | 18 | Male | European-American/White | 01/10/2010 | San Antonio | TX | 30.198312 | -97.763557 | San Antonio Police Department |
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| Owen stole a purse and ran to a truck driven by his brother, Eric. Officer Alonzio Hardin pursued them in his privately-owned SUV. Four miles later, Officer Hardin heard an explosion at about the time he struck the truck, which fell into a ditch and stopped against a retaining wall. Eric survived the crash. Ethan was killed. A shotgun with an empty shell in the chamber and a purse were recovered. Officer Hardin, who had served SAPD for two years, did not identify himself as law enforcement. | expressnews.com |
20542 | Jennifer Lynn Montville Carr | 27 | Female | Race unspecified | 01/12/2010 | Manheim | PA | 40.1240199 | -76.4691207 | Northwest Regional Police Department |
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| Jennifer L. Carr was fleeing from police after she was involved in a hit-and-run accident. She died when her car slammed into another vehicle in Rapho Township, police said. | google.com |
21262 | Benjamin Hamblin | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/13/2010 | Roseville | MI | 42.5037303 | -82.9321537 | Roseville Police Department |
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| Police said they were tipped off by a man in the Kroger parking lot who suspected two teenagers were up to no good. Benjamin Hamblin and Christopher Darice Brown allegedly stole a Dodge Ram pickup truck from the parking lot and police chased the teens during rush hour. Both teens died after the truck went out of control and struck two cars before hitting a tree. | mlive.com |
21263 | Christopher Darice Brown | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/13/2010 | Roseville | MI | 42.5037303 | -82.9321537 | Roseville Police Department |
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| Police said they were tipped off by a man in the Kroger parking lot who suspected two teenagers were up to no good. Benjamin Hamblin and Christopher Darice Brown allegedly stole a Dodge Ram pickup truck from the parking lot and police chased the teens during rush hour. Both teens died after the truck went out of control and struck two cars before hitting a tree. | mlive.com |
20543 | Justin D. Gilbert | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 01/13/2010 | Reading Township | PA | 39.9404465 | -77.0672864 | Pennsylvania State Police |
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| Justin D. Gilbert died after his vehicle was struck head-on in Reading Township. Police said Gilbert's car was struck by a Ford Mustang GT driven by 18-year-old Zachary Kennedy, who was being pursued failed to stop when police activated lights and siren for speeding. | google.com |
21264 | Kautilious Combs | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/14/2010 | Roseville | MI | 42.5091164 | -82.9182333 | St. Clair Shores Police Department |
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| Police responded after CVS employees reported seeing Raymond Lee Lewis, Kautilious Combs and Gordon Eugene Wright allegedly stuffing Axe brand grooming products in their pants before fleeing in a Ford Fusion. Officer Stanley Hawrylko arrived shortly before 11:30 p.m. as the Ford pulled onto a side street. According to police, the driver rammed Hawrylko's car, then drove westbound on 11 Mile. Hawrylko gave chase and was joined by a second police car. Police said they stopped the pursuit near Little Mack, and watched as the Ford got on I-94 going the wrong way. The Ford clipped a minivan and then smashed into a tow truck. Lewis, Combs and Wright were killed. The passengers in the minivan and tow truck suffered minor injuries. | google.com |
21265 | Raymond Lee Lewis | 53 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/14/2010 | Roseville | MI | 42.5091164 | -82.9182333 | St. Clair Shores Police Department |
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| Police responded after CVS employees reported seeing Raymond Lee Lewis, Kautilious Combs and Gordon Eugene Wright allegedly stuffing Axe brand grooming products in their pants before fleeing in a Ford Fusion. Officer Stanley Hawrylko arrived shortly before 11:30 p.m. as the Ford pulled onto a side street. According to police, the driver rammed Hawrylko's car, then drove westbound on 11 Mile. Hawrylko gave chase and was joined by a second police car. Police said they stopped the pursuit near Little Mack, and watched as the Ford got on I-94 going the wrong way. The Ford clipped a minivan and then smashed into a tow truck. Lewis, Combs and Wright were killed. The passengers in the minivan and tow truck suffered minor injuries. | google.com |
21266 | Gordon Eugene Wright | 56 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/14/2010 | Roseville | MI | 42.5091164 | -82.9182333 | St. Clair Shores Police Department |
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| Police responded after CVS employees reported seeing Raymond Lee Lewis, Kautilious Combs and Gordon Eugene Wright allegedly stuffing Axe brand grooming products in their pants before fleeing in a Ford Fusion. Officer Stanley Hawrylko arrived shortly before 11:30 p.m. as the Ford pulled onto a side street. According to police, the driver rammed Hawrylko's car, then drove westbound on 11 Mile. Hawrylko gave chase and was joined by a second police car. Police said they stopped the pursuit near Little Mack, and watched as the Ford got on I-94 going the wrong way. The Ford clipped a minivan and then smashed into a tow truck. Lewis, Combs and Wright were killed. The passengers in the minivan and tow truck suffered minor injuries. | google.com |
8773 | Spencer Owens | 42 | Male | Race unspecified | 01/18/2010 | Orlando | FL | 28.505786 | -81.3103504 | Orlando Police Department |
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| Owens was killed when another man in a blue Ford Contour fled a traffic stop and slammed into his driver's side door. Police maintained that they were not chasing the suspect. | wftv.com |
8774 | Victoria Parks | 18 | Female | Race unspecified | 01/19/2010 | Cleveland | TX | 30.322285 | -95.1009609 | Woodbranch Village Police Department |
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| Passenger Parks was thrown from the back of a motorcycle during a high-speed police chase and critically injured. Police spotted the vehicle in a 12:30 a.m. speed check, could not see the plate, and started a pursuit. With the bike going 120 MPH the driver couldn't negotiate a sharp turn. Parks died of her injuries days later. | yourhoustonnews.com |
8785 | Judith Goldfarb | 84 | Female | European-American/White | 01/22/2010 | Deerfield Beach | FL | 26.308338 | -80.0922231 | Broward County Sheriff's Office |
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| Goldfarb died as a passenger in a car crash with a speeding county deputy's vehicle, a crash which the county blamed solely on her husband, the driver. Several inconsistencies in the investigation, notably missing evidence and witnesses contradicting the police narrative, were reported two years later on the occasion of her husband's suicide. | sun-sentinel.com |
8788 | Cara Catlin | 14 | Female | European-American/White | 01/23/2010 | Oakland Park | FL | 26.1962664 | -80.1324589 | Broward County Sheriff's Office |
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| High school freshman Catlin was a passenger in a Honda Civic when it collided with a county cruiser speeding at 89 MPH in a 40 MPH zone. The officer involved was fired and—much later—indicted for vehicular manslaughter. | sun-sentinel.com |
8792 | Tonya Smith | 47 | Female | African-American/Black | 01/26/2010 | Toledo | OH | 41.6603489 | -83.487414 | Toledo Police Department, Oregon Police Department |
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| Officers observed a brown Oldsmobile speeding down a city street, driver's door open, the passenger apparently in control of the steering wheel and gas pedal, and the person in the driver's seat signalling and yelling for help. Local police chased the car, reportedly broke off the chase, then found it crashed into a utility pole. The passenger was detained as a suspect in a grocery store robbery. The woman yelling for help, Smith, died of her injuries. | nbc24.com |
8800 | Karen Schmeer | 39 | Female | European-American/White | 01/29/2010 | New York City | NY | 40.7908061 | -73.9744937 | City of New York Police Department |
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| One of the greatest (film) editors of her generation, Schmeer was walking across Broadway on the Upper West Side when she was struck and killed by a 2010 Dodge Avenger being pursued by police. The Avenger matched the description of a shoplifters' getaway car. | nytimes.com |
8816 | Jose Gilbert Garcia | 42 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/06/2010 | Ontario | CA | 34.0703901 | -117.6894543 | Ontario Police Department |
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| Jose Gilbert Garcia and his nephew, Luis Alberto Garcia, were killed when their car was struck by a vehicle fleeing police in Ontario. | dailybulletin.com |
8817 | Luis Alberto Garcia | 16 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/06/2010 | Ontario | CA | 34.0703901 | -117.6894543 | Ontario Police Department |
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| Jose Gilbert Garcia and his nephew, Luis Alberto Garcia, were killed when their car was struck by a vehicle fleeing police in Ontario. | dailybulletin.com |
21269 | Jacob Walz | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 02/06/2010 | Homer | MI | 42.1472917 | -84.8136738 | Homer Police Department |
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| Police said an officer tried to stop Jason Walz about 2:06 a.m. as Walz left The Homer Mill (a restaurant, bar and haunted house). Walz reportedly fled, lost control of his vehicle, and hit a tree. He died at the scene. | mlive.com |
8839 | Charlie Francisco | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/14/2010 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0177483 | -118.2553707 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Cousins Charlie Francisco and Christian Francisco were killed in a crash during a police chase after they'd robbed a Valentine's Day gift basket stand. | latimes.com |
8840 | Christian Francisco | 20 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/14/2010 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.0177483 | -118.2553707 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Cousins Charlie Francisco and Christian Francisco were killed in a crash during a police chase after they'd robbed a Valentine's Day gift basket stand. | latimes.com |
8844 | Nathan Lubken | 31 | Male | European-American/White | 02/14/2010 | Roseburg | OR | 43.2267189 | -123.3490259 | Roseburg Police Department |
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| On a late Sunday night, Lubken was driving a stolen Honda Civic and attempting to escape police when he lost control of the vehicle and slammed head-on into another police cruiser moving to block him. His female passenger went to the hospital in serious condition. | oregonlive.com |
8845 | Marcayla Ackerson | 18 | Female | European-American/White | 02/16/2010 | Joplin | MO | 37.0855947 | -94.583325 | Joplin Police Department |
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| Marcayla Ackerson was killed when the car she was in crashed during a police chase. According to police, they tried to stop a car driven by Boyd Damet, 26, for a lane violation at 20th and Maiden Lane, but Damet fled. Police chased Damet until he ran a stop sign and collided with a pickup truck. Ackerson, a passenger in Damet's car, died of her injuries. In April 2010, Damet pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison. | koamtv.com |
19948 | Joseph Ryan Aniz | 17 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 02/20/2010 | Nortonville | KY | 37.193826 | -87.44901 | Kentucky State Police |
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| Kentucky State Police were chasing a car that matched the description of a vehicle used in three home invasions when a crash occurred. Christopher Adams, 21, pled guilty to charges including manslaughter in the crash that killed Joseph Aniz, 17. | google.com |
21270 | Julie Mae Wright-Allen | 22 | Female | European-American/White | 02/21/2010 | Grand Rapids | MI | 42.9597187 | -85.6701706 | Grand Rapids Police Department |
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| Julie Mae Wright-Allen was in a GMC Jimmy with her husband and two other people around 1:05 a.m. when the SUV collided with a police cruiser driven by officer Greg Bauer. The Jimmy flipped over, and Wright-Allen suffered fatal head injuries. According to police, Bauer, who was about to get on the freeway, had the right of way with a flashing yellow light. Bauer was reportedly going 44 mph in a 25 mph zone at the time of the crash. Wright-Allen's husband, Ronald Lee Allen, 39, was sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of operating a vehicle with a suspended license causing death. | mlive.com |
8865 | Shirley Akins | 56 | Female | African-American/Black | 02/23/2010 | Conyers | GA | 33.6312782 | -83.9814829 | Rockdale County Sheriff's Office |
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| Following an armed robbery and police chase, Akins was killed when a car in which Ntyono Pennie, 21, was a passenger, crashed into her car at an intersection. He and co-defendant Torrence Sanders were convicted of the felony murder. | google.com |
22466 | Matthew "Matt" Scott Thomas Henderson | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 02/24/2010 | North Vernon | IN | 39.1907 | -85.5457124 | North Vernon Police Department, Decatur County Sheriff's Office |
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| The driver of a stolen red 2004 Pontiac Sunfire, Matthew Scott Henderson, was killed when the vehicle smashed head on into a blue 2005 Chevy Malibu being driven by Jaclyn Miller, 20, during a police chase. | greensburgdailynews.com |
20693 | Darrell H. Pantazes | 51 | Male | Race unspecified | 02/28/2010 | Madison | WI | 43.0735742 | -89.4130497 | University of Wisconsin - Madison Police Department |
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| Darrell H. Pantazes was killed after driving the wrong way on West Johnson Street. When he tried to flee police, he hit another vehicle, then a light pole and the side of a building, police said. | madison.com |
20694 | Melinde Moore | 21 | Female | Race unspecified | 03/01/2010 | Milwaukee | WI | 43.0678852 | -87.93747 | Milwaukee Police Department |
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| Devon Horton, 25, was on extended supervision for a 2007 fleeing conviction when he was stopped. He took off and struck and killed Melinde Moore before ditching the van and running away | jsonline.com |
22037 | Nathan N. Ferrer | 33 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/01/2010 | Clifton | NJ | 40.8700464 | -74.141594 | Passaic Police Department |
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| Passaic police saw an apparent drug deal between people in two cars. After stopping one car in nearby Clifton, a shot was fired from the vehicle, and police returned fire. Passaic Officer Barulio Barbosa was shot in the leg, though it's unclear who shot him. The car, driven by 34-year-old Marquel Brown, with 39-year-old Calvin Raines in the passenger seat, then sped off and soon collided with a pickup truck, killing the passenger, 33-year-old Nathan Ferrer of Clifton. | www.nj.com |
8887 | John Carrick "J.D." Davis Jr. | 25 | Male | European-American/White | 03/03/2010 | Little Rock | AR | 34.662791 | -92.363413 | Arkansas State Police |
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| Lieutenant Jim Johnston tried to stop a motorcycle after seeing it speeding on eastbound Interstate 30. Johnston lost sight of the motorcycle once it drove south on Chicot Road from the interstate. He then discovered the crash shortly after the pursuit was terminated, police said. | google.com |
8909 | Name withheld by police | Male | Race unspecified | 03/10/2010 | Plainfield | IL | 41.5775016 | -88.1869776 | Plainfield Police Department |
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| An unidentified man died in a fiery crash while attempting to flee police. Police responded to a silent alarm at Discount Liquor Store at about 2 a.m., and found the glass broken out from the front of the store. The man fled in a Chevrolet Tahoe when an officer approached him in the parking lot. The officer followed the SUV, but police said the chase was called off due to high speeds and road conditions. The SUV left the roadway, crashed into several trees, overturned and caught fire. | chicagobreakingnews.com | |
8911 | Karen Gummow | 71 | Female | European-American/White | 03/10/2010 | St. George | UT | 37.092359 | -113.5570579 | Utah Highway Patrol |
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| A state trooper speeding to an accident scene violently collided with another car carrying two elderly sisters, Ila Jean Moore and Karen Gummow. Both of the sisters were killed. | ksl.com |
8912 | Ila Jean Moore | 75 | Female | European-American/White | 03/10/2010 | St. George | UT | 37.092359 | -113.5570579 | Utah Highway Patrol |
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| A state trooper speeding to an accident scene violently collided with another car carrying two elderly sisters, Ila Jean Moore and Karen Gummow. Both of the sisters were killed. | ksl.com |
8915 | Venus Mejia | 23 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/11/2010 | San Bernardino | CA | 34.136022 | -117.3030391 | San Bernardino Police Department |
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| Venus Mejia was killed when he crashed his motorcycle while fleeing from police. | dailybulletin.com |
23208 | April Lawanna Keck | 22 | Female | European-American/White | 03/13/2010 | Knoxville | TN | 35.921866 | -83.879248 | Tennessee Highway Patrol |
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| A 2003 black Mitsubishi Eclipse was traveling southbound in a northbound lane of Chapman Highway around 1:30 a.m. when it was stopped by a THP trooper before speeding away. The driver of the Mitsubishi, April Lawanna Keck, was later found dead in the 6000 block of Chapman Highway where it crashed. | mydeathspace.com |
8922 | David Hughes | 62 | Male | European-American/White | 03/14/2010 | Mt. Zion | IL | 39.7696355 | -88.8772258 | Mt. Zion Police Department |
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| Craig Louis Johnson was fleeing from Sgt. Mike Foster when he crashed through the wall of a house, killing David Hughes and seriously injuring Shirley Hughes as they slept. At around 12:30 a.m., Foster tried to stop Johnson because he had no license plate light. Police said Johnson accelerated before hitting an embankment, sailing into the air, and crashing through the window into the bedroom. Johnson, 20, pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, aggravated fleeing and aggravated DUI and was sentenced to 7 years in prison. | herald-review.com |
8930 | Name withheld by police | Female | Race unspecified | 03/17/2010 | Golden Valley | AZ | 35.1859664 | -114.0441931 | Bullhead City Police Department |
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| A Bullhead City Police Department auxiliary officer was involved in a fatal traffic accident around 10:37 p.m. Carmen Estela Puckett, 71, was returning to Bullhead City in a city-owned transport vehicle after taking prisoners to the Mohave Valley Jail in Kingman when she allegedly hit a pedestrian. Puckett was driving west on Highway 68 near milepost 15 when she hit the unidentified woman, said a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the agency handling the investigation. | mohavedailynews.com | |
8931 | Angela Robertson | 20 | Female | African-American/Black | 03/17/2010 | St. Louis | MO | 38.6728628 | -90.2171564 | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Robertson died in a vehicle collision with a 16-year-old boy in a Mazda MX6 that he'd carjacked at gunpoint five days previously. He was being chased by local police and ran a stop sign. The teen was charged with Robertson's murder. | stltoday.com |
8940 | Wykyim Jowers | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/20/2010 | Mobile | AL | 30.6915956 | -88.1018846 | Mobile Police Department |
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| Driver Eric Lekendrick Manuel and passenger Wykyim Jowers were killed while being pursued by police when their car struck a utility pole and burned. | blog.al.com |
8941 | Eric Lekendrick Manuel | 34 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/20/2010 | Mobile | AL | 30.6915956 | -88.1018846 | Mobile Police Department |
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| Eufaula | blog.al.com |
21274 | Thomas Emanuel Siegler | 31 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/20/2010 | Oscoda | MI | 44.4488026 | -83.330044 | Oscoda Township Police Department |
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| Police said officers noticed a car at a local business, ran the plates and learned it belonged to Thomas Emanuel Siegler, who was wanted on a warrant out of Gladwin County. According to police, Siegler was in the passenger seat when they stopped the vehicle, and provided them with a false identity. The driver was asked to step out of the car and was talking to police when Seigler allegedly got into the driver's seat and drove off. A short chase occurred before Seigler's car left the roadway and overturned several times before hitting a semi truck that was parked in a driveway. The car flipped over the top of the semi, ejecting Siegler. | truenorthradionetwork.com |
19204 | Latia Antoinette Winchester | 25 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/20/2010 | Charlotte | NC | 35.2353346 | -80.820601 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
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| Eddie Bernard Ellison of Charlotte was trying to avoid a license-checkpoint on 30th Street. Ellison made a U-turn and started driving in the opposite direction to avoid the checkpoint. A trooper immediately followed Ellison who took a back road to get to North Davidson Street. About a minute after the chase started, Ellison ran a red light at the intersection of North Davidson Street and Parkwood Avenue and struck an Impala killing 25-year-old Latia Antionette Winchester. | wbtv.com |
20547 | Albert Meiskey Jr. | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 03/23/2010 | Bainbridge | PA | 40.076105 | -76.6444049 | Susquehanna Regional Police Department |
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| Albert Meiskey Jr. led officers on a low-speed pursuit before he was killed when his vehicle crashed into a utility pole. Police said the incident began when police saw a vehicle registered to Meiskey, who had been reported as a missing endangered person. | google.com |
8956 | Anthony L. Taylor | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 03/24/2010 | Richmond | VA | 37.5344006 | -77.4075461 | Henrico County Division of Police |
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| Taylor, respected pastor at the United House of Prayer for All People, was killed in his pickup by a young suspect fleeing a police checkpoint. Taylor's death caused a discussion about the true necessity of police chases in his community. | richmond.com |
8979 | Alfred Smith "Al Con" Costantino | 81 | Male | European-American/White | 03/30/2010 | Vineland | NJ | 39.477482 | -74.994906 | Vineland Police Department |
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| Elderly motorist Costantino was killed when struck by a suspect in a stolen SUV in a high-speed chase with the police. As frequently happens, "the fatal crash occurred a short time after a police supervisor called off the pursuit." | www.nj.com |
21275 | Nathan Ellis Visger | 35 | Male | European-American/White | 03/30/2010 | Hart | MI | 43.803693 | -86.259596 | Oceana County Sheriff's Office |
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| Police said they responded about 9:20 p.m. to a report of a car "maliciously damaging a driveway and property and driving recklessly." A deputy saw a 1995 Subaru, and tried to stop it after the driver, Nathan Ellis Visger, ran a stop sign. A passenger reportedly jumped out at 126th, and Hammett, and Visger sped up. Visger lost control of the Subaru, went off the road and crashed into a mobile home. He was ejected from the car and became trapped underneath. Visger died at a hospital a short time later. Police said the residents suffered minor injuries. | shorelinemedia.net |
8990 | Calvin A. Mcmahan Jr. | 74 | Male | European-American/White | 04/02/2010 | Akron | OH | 41.1688075 | -81.6262265 | Fairlawn Police Department |
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| Kelvin Pantojas, 16, and Juan L. Hernandez, 18, went to the Tinseltown movie theater in Jackson Township and stole a car from the theater lot. They were driving northbound on I-77, when a Fairlawn police officer who did not know about the theft saw the car and ran the license plate. The officer pursued the vehicle and signaled it to stop, but the 16-year-old driver fled, police said. The officer did not pursue per city policy. Pantojas, the driver, went about eight miles at a very high speed and struck and killed 74-year-old Calvin A. McMahan, who was crossing I-77 on foot.Pantojas lost control of the car after striking McMahan, crossed the southbound lanes and went into a wooded area after crashing into the light pole. Pantojas was also killed. | cleveland.com |
8991 | Kelvin Pantojas | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/02/2010 | Akron | OH | 41.1688075 | -81.6262265 | Fairlawn Police Department |
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| Kelvin Pantojas, 16, and Juan L. Hernandez, 18, went to the Tinseltown movie theater in Jackson Township and stole a car from the theater lot. They were driving northbound on I-77, when a Fairlawn police officer who did not know about the theft saw the car and ran the license plate. The officer pursued the vehicle and signaled it to stop, but the 16-year-old driver fled, police said. The officer did not pursue per city policy. Pantojas, the driver, went about eight miles at a very high speed and struck and killed 74-year-old Calvin A. McMahan, who was crossing I-77 on foot.Pantojas lost control of the car after striking McMahan, crossed the southbound lanes and went into a wooded area after crashing into the light pole. Pantojas was also killed. | cleveland.com |
8996 | Pamela Cupps | 51 | Female | European-American/White | 04/03/2010 | Birmingham | AL | 33.561796 | -86.8419539 | Fultondale Police Department |
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| Pamela Cupps was killed when her car was struck by a vehicle fleeing police. | blog.al.com |
9003 | Orlando Lysander Henderson | 39 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/05/2010 | Opelika | AL | 32.6003701 | -85.3380874 | Opelika Police Department |
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| Orlando Lysander Henderson died when his motorcycle crashed during a police chase. | wsfa.com |
9004 | Janice Elizabeth Flores | 28 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/06/2010 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.1152946 | -106.7015101 | Albuquerque Police Department |
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| Jeremiah Jackson was convicted of crashing into a car carrying Kim Aragon Nunez and Janice Flores while he tried to escape authorities after a bank robbery. He was sentenced two life sentences without the possibility of parole. | koat.com |
9005 | Kimberly Ann Aragon-Nunez | 34 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 04/06/2010 | Albuquerque | NM | 35.1152946 | -106.7015101 | Albuquerque Police Department |
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| Jeremiah Jackson was convicted of crashing into a car carrying Kim Aragon Nunez and Janice Flores while he tried to escape authorities after a bank robbery. He was sentenced two life sentences without the possibility of parole. | koat.com |
9006 | Joseph Paulk | 35 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/07/2010 | LaGrange | GA | 33.0298842 | -85.041251 | LaGrange Police Department |
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| After a high-speed chase through the city of LaGrange, Paulk crashed and died. | google.com |
9019 | Joshua Donahue | 32 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/12/2010 | Clearwater | FL | 27.9678955 | -82.7461915 | Clearwater Police Department |
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| A drunk driver, with a permanently revoked license and an outstanding failure-to-appear warrant, fled an attempted traffic stop at a local bar with police in pursuit. The drunk driver slammed into a taxicab driven by Donahue, who died from injuries sustained in the collision. | wtsp.com |
19013 | Dustin "Dusty" Ferguson | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 04/12/2010 | Magnolia | TX | 30.244048 | -95.565657 | Montgomery County Constable's Office Precinct 2 |
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| A deputy tried to pull over two motorcyclists for speeding. They evaded arrest. The first, Ferguson, struck a travel trailer and died. The second, Jeremy Kaelin, was arrested. Kaelin's motorcycle had been stolen from Houston Police Department. Note: In 2005, Romon Giesburg crashed a stolen HPD vehicle. | montgomerycountypolicereporter.com |
9020 | Sarah Robinson | 60 | Female | Race unspecified | 04/13/2010 | Greenwood | MS | 33.5082139 | -90.1592298 | Greenwood Police Department |
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| At around 7:30 a.m., Sarah Robinson was killed when her car was hit by officer Elizabeth Lougee's patrol car at an intersection. Lougee reportedly went through a red light at a high speed while responding to another wreck. Robinson's view was obstructed by another car. Robinson died at the scene. | gwcommonwealth.com |
19203 | Lucero Sanchez Martinez | Male | Race unspecified | 04/13/2010 | Myrtle Beach | SC | 33.7118978 | -78.9756011 | Horry County Police Department |
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| An officer attempted to pull Miguel Angel Murillo's Mitsubishi Galant over for failure to use his signal near a Highway 814.The officer chased the car down Forestbrook Road until Murillo made a hard right-hand turn onto McCormick Road, where he tried to pass a car and collided head-on with a black SUV, killing his passenger Lucero Sanchez Martinez, 14. | wmbfnews.com | |
22036 | Lamont T. Harris Jr. | 28 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/16/2010 | Camden | NJ | 39.92569 | -75.093866 | Camden Police Department |
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| Joel Cropper, 31, was charged with first-degree homicide after he allegedly killed his passenger, Lamont Harris, while fleeing from police. About 3:55 a.m., Camden police officers attempted to pull over a 1996 green Mercury driven by Cropper. Police said Cropper fled, accelerating up to 80 miles per hour before crashing into a telephone pole. | google.com |
9032 | William Schramm | 65 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/17/2010 | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 26.1201198 | -80.1205522 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department |
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| Schramm, bicycling after midnight, was struck by the vehicle of a local police officer. He died five days later. | sun-sentinel.com |
9030 | Ronald Daly | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/17/2010 | Sarasota | FL | 27.2257653 | -82.4972735 | Sarasota County Sheriff's Office |
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| At high speed deputies pursued Daly for reckless driving near midnight. Veering off and on the roadway, ultimately Daly lost control of his 2010 Chevy Sebring and fatally crashed into a tree. | heraldtribune.com |
9026 | Jesus Hernandez | 18 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/17/2010 | Salinas | CA | 36.6626394 | -121.6577722 | California Highway Patrol, Monterey County Sheriff's Office |
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| Jesus Hernandez died in a car crash during an hour long police chase involving five agencies that started on Hollister's west side and ended in downtown Salinas. | sanbenito.com |
20551 | Alisa Tocarra Jelks | 20 | Female | African-American/Black | 04/18/2010 | Pittsburgh | PA | 40.4501965 | -80.1151472 | Robinson Police Department |
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| Alisa Tocarra Jelks and Angela Berkey died when Michael John Aaron Jones, 28, fleeing police, went the wrong way on an exit ramp on Interstate 79 in Robinson and crashed head-on into another vehicle, police said. | triblive.com |
20552 | Angela Berkey | 61 | Female | European-American/White | 04/18/2010 | Pittsburgh | PA | 40.4501965 | -80.1151472 | Robinson Police Department |
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| Alisa Tocarra Jelks and Angela Berkey died when Michael John Aaron Jones, 28, fleeing police, went the wrong way on an exit ramp on Interstate 79 in Robinson and crashed head-on into another vehicle, police said. | triblive.com |
20554 | Akeem Cornelius | 18 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/19/2010 | Harrisburg | PA | 40.2810561 | -76.8883049 | Harrisburg Police Bureau |
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| Akeem Cornelius died when the car he was riding in was hit by a car fleeing police. Harrisburg City police said the driver of the car being pursued was Isaac Roberts, 25. The pursuit began as an investigation of shots fired. | pennlive.com |
9040 | Jovanna Lugo | 27 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 04/21/2010 | Sylmar | CA | 34.3035717 | -118.4444898 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Jovanna Lugo was killed when a speeding police car driven by officer Richard Brubaker broadsided her car as she pulled out of her driveway. | latimes.com |
9051 | Javier Lopez | 26 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/24/2010 | East Compton | CA | 33.9035715 | -118.1939629 | South Gate Police Department |
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| Javier Lopez and John Raymond Siordia were killed when their car crashed while they were being chased by police. | contracostatimes.com |
9052 | John Raymond Siordia | 24 | Male | Race unspecified | 04/24/2010 | East Compton | CA | 33.9035715 | -118.1939629 | South Gate Police Department |
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| Javier Lopez and John Raymond Siordia were killed when their car crashed while they were being chased by police. | contracostatimes.com |
9055 | Thomas U. Johnson | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/24/2010 | Richmond | VA | 37.5398352 | -77.4110014 | Richmond Police Department |
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| After refusing to discuss the incident, police claimed they weren't chasing Johnson on his motorcycle when left the bike at 120 MPH, went airborne, and struck a cable. That claim directly contradicted several eyewitness statements to media. | nbc12.com |
9053 | Martin Contreras | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 04/24/2010 | Oakland | CA | 37.7611229 | -122.1911019 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Martin Contreras was a passenger killed when a 1997 Chevrolet Camaro being chased by the CHP crashed into an Oakland apartment building. | sfgate.com |
9058 | Francesca Jeffry | 22 | Female | European-American/White | 04/24/2010 | Orlando | FL | 28.5527265 | -81.3794658 | Orange County Sheriff's Office |
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| Best friends and radiology technicians Amanda Taylor and Francesca Jeffry, both passengers in a car struck by a murder suspect being chased by county police at high rates of speed, were both fatally injured in the collision. | wftv.com |
9059 | Amanda Taylor | 28 | Female | European-American/White | 04/24/2010 | Orlando | FL | 28.5527265 | -81.3794658 | Orange County Sheriff's Office |
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| Best friends and radiology technicians Amanda Taylor and Francesca Jeffry, both passengers in a car struck by a murder suspect being chased by county police at high rates of speed, were both fatally injured in the collision. | wftv.com |
24178 | Elbert Davis Sr. | 86 | Male | African-American/Black | 04/28/2010 | Baltimore | MD | 39.334723 | -76.6939354 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| Umar Burley crashed into Elbert Davis while being chased by police, who then planted drugs on Burley. Davis was killed, and Burley was charged with his death and drug trafficking. He was released from the drug changes when police admitted they planted the drugs. | therealnews.com |
9072 | William P. Serban Jr. | 22 | Male | European-American/White | 04/30/2010 | Alliance | OH | 40.924318 | -81.101888 | Alliance Police Department |
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| Serban was driving a motorcycle when he sped by a police officer who pursued. Serban struck a building and was killed. | cantonrep.com |
9082 | Warren Albert Williamson | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 05/04/2010 | San Antonio | TX | 29.5235052 | -98.4110123 | Bexar County Constable Precinct 3 |
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| Deputy John Anderson pursued Williamson for riding his motorcycle at 70 mph in a 40 mph zone, then driving through a traffic stop. Just before Deputy Anderson called off the chase, Williamson ran a red light and T-boned a van, killing himself. The occupants of the van survived. | mysanantonio.com |
9084 | Gary Steven Gammel | 49 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/04/2010 | Clarksdale | MS | 34.3251796 | -90.6230436 | Coahoma Community College Police Department |
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| CCC officer George Brown was chasing an unrelated vehicle for a misdemeanor when he hit Gary Gammel's car with his patrol car, killing Gammel. | pressregister.com |
9086 | Rasheem "Mooch" Butcher | 13 | Male | African-American/Black | 05/05/2010 | Coatesville | PA | 39.9830301 | -75.8123961 | Coatesville Police Department |
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| Butcher was the sole occupant of a stolen green 2009 Jeep Patriot, chased by police. Some witnesses claimed the police rammed, or shot at, the Jeep. In any case the vehicle flipped and crashed in the narrow city streets after Butcher lost control. He sustained fatal injuries. | philly.com |
9107 | Earl Storey | 27 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/13/2010 | Boca Raton | FL | 26.3667233 | -80.1170975 | Boca Raton Police Department |
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| Storey and another man were doing smash-and-grab burglaries of parked cars at a movie theatre. Caught red-handed by the police, they drove off in a Mercury on a service road, then hit spiked stop-strips and crashed. Storey bolted from the car into heavy traffic and was killed by a passing truck. His accomplice was charged with his murder. | sun-sentinel.com |
20698 | Name withheld by police | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/14/2010 | Mukwonago | WI | 42.853992 | -88.3189678 | Waukesha County Sheriff's Office |
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| An unidentified Genesee man, 19, died as a result of injuries he received while crashing his car during a chase, police said. The man was driving erratically when a sheriff's deputy attempted to stop him. The man fled and drove the wrong way on Interstate 43, turning off his headlights. He was ejected from his vehicle after striking a fully illuminated tow truck that was on the side of the freeway. | google.com |
9114 | Abel A. Herrera | 37 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 05/15/2010 | Las Vegas | NM | 35.6298791 | -105.2441792 | New Mexico State Police |
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| Herrera died with a beer can in his hand in an alleged drunken driving crash that was preceded by a police chase, according to police. | google.com |
21277 | Deborah Hodges | 55 | Female | European-American/White | 05/17/2010 | Dearborn | MI | 42.296918 | -83.260409 | Dearborn Police Department |
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| Officer Patrick Spresser was responding to a possible fire, which turned out to be a man burning leaves or trash in a chimineylike container about 9 a.m. As Spresser rounded a blind curve, his unmarked Ford Crown Victoria sped through the intersection against the light and collided with a 1994 Ford Explorer driven by Deborah Hodges. Hodges was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at a hospital. Hodges' daughter sustained what police described as nonlife-threatening injuries, as did Spresser. While police and city officials said that the patrol car had lights and sirens on, some witnesses said otherwise. | downriversundaytimes.com |
9126 | Ivan Carrillo | 26 | Male | European-American/White | 05/19/2010 | Las Vegas | NV | 36.2473444 | -115.0799404 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
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| A suspected drunk driver was pursued until he crashed, causing pursuing officers to crash as well. | google.com |
22034 | Israel I. Curbelo | 39 | Male | Race unspecified | 05/21/2010 | Fort Lee | NJ | 40.8553079 | -73.9674361 | Ridgefield Park Police Department |
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| A Ridgefield Park patrol officer noticed Israel I. Curbelo operating a motorcycle erratically on Teaneck Road, police said. When the officer activated his overhead patrol lights and sirens, Curbelo drove the motorcycle onto a resident's front lawn, turned and headed southbound on Teaneck Road. Police said Curbelo drove onto the right shoulder of the bus and carpool lane in an effort to illegally pass another vehicle. He collided into the passenger side of the other vehicle and lost control of the motorcycle, causing him to fly off the vehicle, which killed him, police said. | google.com |
19966 | Sarah Bearden | 22 | Female | European-American/White | 05/22/2010 | Louisville | KY | 38.2777162 | -85.5650593 | Louisville Metro Police Department |
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| The car driven by 22-year-old Sarah Bearden and the vehicle driven by off-duty police officer James Adams collided, killing Bearden. Bearden had been drinking, but the family claimed Adams' reckless driving is the real cause of her death. A Louisville Metro Police investigation has revealed that Adams was speeding at 80 m.p.h. in a 45 m.p.h. zone. | wdrb.com |
9138 | John L. Foster | 59 | Male | European-American/White | 05/22/2010 | Eagle | ID | 43.695604 | -116.382527 | Ada County Sheriff's Office |
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| Citizens notified ACSO dispatch of an erratic driver – operating vehicle at very slow/extremely fast speeds, forcing other vehicles off road by driving in oncoming traffic, driving on greenbelt bike/walking path. ACSO deputies pursued the vehicle, which failed to yield to emergency lights and sirens, for several miles. Spike strip deployment was ineffective. Fleeing vehicle eventually ran into concrete barriers without intervention by deputies. | google.com |
20559 | Bernard J. Kawa | 46 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/01/2010 | Strong | PA | 40.7991004 | -76.4374023 | Ashland Police Department |
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| Bernard J. Kawa crashed on his motorcycle as he was fleeing a stop for speeding. | republicanherald.com |
21278 | Brian Patrick Wiltfang | 50 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/03/2010 | Troy | MI | 35.998709 | -83.9602651 | Troy Police Department, Bloomfield Township Police Department, Auburn Hills Police Department |
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| Troy police began chasing Brian Patrick Wiltfang's Eagle Talon about 11:44 p.m. after an officer tried to stop him on eastbound Big Beaver Road for driving without his headlights on. Wiltfang reportedly sped off at speeds of 80 mph. Another officer saw the Talon with the headlights on entering northbound I-75 near Rochester Road. According to police, Wiltfang turned the headlights off just before reaching Adams Road. Troy police said they stopped the pursuit, and notified Bloomfield Township and Auburn Hills police, who followed Wiltfang as he exited at Square Lake Road, made a U-turn, collided with a Traffic Safety Unit vehicle and went the wrong way on northbound I-75. Police said Wiltfang drove on the shoulder to avoid three Troy police vehicles heading to the scene of the crash involving the Traffic Safety Unit. Wiltfang lost control of the car around 11:58 p.m., sliding sideways into a 2000 Volvo S40. He died at the scene. The Volvo's driver reportedly suffered non-life-threatening injuries. | theoaklandpress.com |
9169 | Robert Kenneth Bales | 51 | Male | European-American/White | 06/04/2010 | Collegedale | TN | 35.0986025 | -85.0514662 | Collegedale Police Department |
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| Local police were alerted by a bar employee that a drunk Bales was likely to be on the road. They pulled him over at a gas station, but he fled in his SUV, driving erratically and soon losing control. The vehicle rolled several times. Bales was ejected from his car and sustained fatal injuries. | wrcbtv.com |
9171 | William Corbett | 24 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/05/2010 | Wichita | KS | 37.6078783 | -97.3624234 | Wichita Police Department |
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| William Corbett was killed in what police called a suicide after crashing a pickup truck while fleeing an officer. According to police, an officer responding to a domestic violence call at around noon saw a truck that matched the description given by the victim. The officer turned on his lights and siren, but Corbett reportedly refused to stop. The officer pursued Corbett until he swerved into oncoming traffic and struck an SUV at around 60 mph. Corbett died at the scene. Two women in the SUV were hospitalized in fair condition. | blogspot.com |
19199 | Thomas Marshall Howard | 87 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/05/2010 | Travelers Rest | SC | 34.9675329 | -82.4435474 | Travelers Rest Police Department |
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| A Travelers Rest police officer had just turned around to follow a dirt dike when a car driven by 87-year-old Thomas Howard pulled out in front of the cruiser. Howard was ejected for the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. | wpde.com |
9172 | James Freestone | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/05/2010 | Grand Forks | ND | 47.9039957 | -97.0665345 | University of North Dakota - Grand Forks Police |
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| A 24-year-old peeled away from a traffic stop in a university district at 100 MPH. With police in pursuit, about a mile away he broadsided a 2009 Pontiac G6 with four people in it, killing two of them: Tasha Brenno and James Freestone. | grandforksherald.com |
9173 | Tasha Brenno | 19 | Female | European-American/White | 06/05/2010 | Grand Forks | ND | 47.9039957 | -97.0665345 | University of North Dakota - Grand Forks Police |
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| A 24-year-old peeled away from a traffic stop in a university district at 100 MPH. With police in pursuit, about a mile away he broadsided a 2009 Pontiac G6 with four people in it, killing two of them: Tasha Brenno and James Freestone. | grandforksherald.com |
19247 | Timothy David Gillespie | 37 | Male | European-American/White | 06/06/2010 | Ardmore | OK | 34.1486669 | -97.1173923 | Carter County Sheriff's Office, Oklahoma Highway Patrol |
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| An Ardmore police officer attempted to stop Timothy Gillespie, 37, for a possible traffic violation when the man drove off at a high rate of speed. A deputy from the Carter County Sheriff's Department and Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers took over the pursuit once Gillespie left the city limits. The chase ended when Gillespie's 2000 Ford Mustang ran off Lake Murray Drive and struck a tree, killing him. | ardmoreite.com |
19938 | James E. Fentress Jr. | 36 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/06/2010 | Radcliff | KY | 37.7953245 | -85.9153668 | Hardin County Sheriff's Office |
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| Brandon Lee Jessie was fleeing a speeding stop when he crashed and killed James Fentress and injured four others. | google.com |
9193 | Kayla Woods | 6 | Female | European-American/White | 06/10/2010 | Los Angeles | CA | 34.3012121 | -118.4117653 | Los Angeles Police Department |
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| Kayla Woods was killed after she was struck and pinned against a brick wall by a car involved in a police pursuit. | crescentavalleyweekly.com |
9215 | Walter Williams | 37 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/18/2010 | Baldwin Park | CA | 34.0796543 | -117.9890886 | Baldwin Park Police Department |
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| Walter Williams was killed in a fiery crash after his car was struck by a SUV fleeing police just outside Eggleston Youth Homes and Foster Care, where Williams worked at as a counselor. | sbsun.com |
9218 | Anthony Chavez Rincon | 55 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 06/19/2010 | Richmond | CA | 37.9741954 | -122.3651981 | Richmond Police Department |
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| Anthony Chavez Rincon was a passenger killed when a car being pursued by police lost control and crashed into a median on the Richmond Parkway. | sfgate.com |
9224 | Marina Barajas | 41 | Female | Race unspecified | 06/20/2010 | Yakima | WA | 46.6070711 | -120.530451 | Yakima Police Department |
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| Pascual Ayala and his passenger Marina Barajas were both killed as a suspect pursued by police slammed into their vehicle. Their families contended that the 14-minute high speed chase through city streets was irresponsible and should have been halted. The Barajas family was awarded $400K; the Ayala family $250K. | yakimaherald.com |
9225 | Pascual Ayala | 29 | Male | European-American/White | 06/20/2010 | Yakima | WA | 46.6070711 | -120.530451 | Yakima Police Department |
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| Pascual Ayala and his passenger Marina Barajas were both killed as a suspect pursued by police slammed into their vehicle. Their families contended that the 14-minute high speed chase through city streets was irresponsible and should have been halted. The Barajas family was awarded $400K; the Ayala family $250K. | yakimaherald.com |
9234 | Mary Celine Graham | 83 | Female | African-American/Black | 06/22/2010 | New York City | NY | 40.8058146 | -73.9468231 | City of New York Police Department |
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| Graham, an elderly Catholic nun, was one of three pedestrians struck by a minivan that had been stopped by NYPD after a gunpoint robbery. The driver had been taken into custody, but another suspect grabbed the wheel and took off through the streets of Morningside Heights, with police in pursuit. Witnesses described the chase much differently than the officials. | nytimes.com |
22843 | Marcus Mandell Wilson | 19 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/25/2010 | Roanoke | VA | 37.272414 | -79.9498579 | Portsmouth Police Department |
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| Marcus Wilson was suspected of stealing his housemate's car when officers began a high-speed chase that ended in a wreck that killed the driver and seriously hurt the passenger, police said. | roanoke.com |
9241 | Marquez Tyrone Baskin | 19 | Male | African-American/Black | 06/25/2010 | Kansas City | MO | 39.0552006 | -94.5467062 | Kansas City Police Department |
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| Marquez Baskin was killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase. Baskin lost control of the SUV he was driving, flipped into a backyard and was pinned underneath the vehicle. Baskin's 17-year-old passenger was reportedly hospitalized in serious but stable condition. | google.com |
9251 | William Briggs Blanchard | 76 | Male | Race unspecified | 06/29/2010 | Upland | CA | 34.1214816 | -117.6809034 | Claremont Police Department |
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| William Briggs Blanchard was killed when an a car being chased by police crashed into his pickup truck. | sbsun.com |
9255 | Alan Board | 47 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/01/2010 | Flintstone | GA | 34.9814453 | -85.3344209 | Walker County Sheriff's Office |
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| Law enforcement was called to a domestic dispute at a residence. The man jumped on a motorcycle and fled, with Walker County sheriff's deputies in pursuit. The man was traveling 100 mph at times during the chase. As the man was rounding a curve, he lost control, overturned, and the bike struck a stop sign. He was ejected from the motorcycle and struck a yield sign. The motorcycle was thrown 193 feet, landing in a field. He was pronounced dead on the scene. | google.com |
9260 | Bianca White | 21 | Female | Race unspecified | 07/03/2010 | Chicago | IL | 41.8093865 | -87.6165924 | Chicago Police Department |
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| Bianca White was killed when a car fleeing police struck her car in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Police said they were chasing a driver who didn't pull over for a traffic stop at around 1 a.m. | abc7chicago.com |
9262 | Travis James Bowers | 19 | Male | European-American/White | 07/03/2010 | Destin | FL | 30.3880777 | -86.4760741 | Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office |
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| Bowers was the passenger of a Nissan driven by another 19-year-old. The Nissan collided with a Camaro, causing a chain reaction. The driver then attempted to evade and elude county deputies in pursuit, damaging a total of eight vehicles. The Nissan ended up upside-down with the two men injured and entrapped. Bowers died; the driver survived in critical condition and was charged with vehicular manslaughter. | newssun.com |
9263 | Robert J. Regan | 37 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/04/2010 | Scappoose | OR | 45.8403902 | -123.0380401 | Columbia County Sheriff's Office |
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| Brooks Jay Anderson and his passenger Robert J. Regan were both killed in a fiery crash at the end of an extended high-speed chase. Driving a stolen car, Anderson had been wanted for a long list of offenses. Although reaching speeds of 80 MPH for 18 miles on a twisting rural road through the Cascade range, police claimed to have strictly followed their chase procedures. | thechronicleonline.com |
9264 | Brooks Jay Anderson | 33 | Male | European-American/White | 07/04/2010 | Scappoose | OR | 45.8403902 | -123.0380401 | Columbia County Sheriff's Office |
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| Brooks Jay Anderson and his passenger Robert J. Regan were both killed in a fiery crash at the end of an extended high-speed chase. Driving a stolen car, Anderson had been wanted for a long list of offenses. Although reaching speeds of 80 MPH for 18 miles on a twisting rural road through the Cascade range, police claimed to have strictly followed their chase procedures. | thechronicleonline.com |
9267 | Kevin Albertson | 21 | Male | European-American/White | 07/05/2010 | Reno | NV | 39.6938639 | -119.8746745 | Washoe County Sheriff's Office |
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| Deputy Mathew Durham was sentenced to 30 days in jail and community service for causing injuries that led to the death of 21-year-old Kevin Albertson | kolotv.com |
19248 | Dennis Joe Jackson | 44 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/05/2010 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.4931212 | -97.3886065 | Midwest City Police Department |
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| Dennis Jackson was fleeing a traffic stop when he crashed and was killed. | news9.com |
20564 | Allison Strausser | 26 | Female | European-American/White | 07/09/2010 | Coolbaugh Township | PA | 41.1751598 | -75.4011668 | Lehigh Township Police Department |
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| Kenneth Strausser, 34, fled from a Lehigh Township Police officer who recognized Strausser as driving with a suspended license. Kenneth Strausser's pregnant wife, Allison Strausser, 26, was killed when the car struck a tree. | poconorecord.com |
9289 | Arthur Williams | 63 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/11/2010 | Clear Spring | MD | 39.6586754 | -77.8839739 | Maryland State Police |
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| Alabaman Williams robbed a hotel at gunpoint at 4 a.m. Sunday and tried to rob a second one. State police found his black 2007 Cadillac CTS, driving recklessly, and gave pursuit for 2 and a half miles before Williams lost control and died, his Cadillac going end over end into a roadside field. | herald-mail.com |
9293 | Leyda Montufar | 15 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 07/13/2010 | San Jose | CA | 37.338885 | -121.8796864 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Leyda Montufar died when the Mitsubishi Mirage she was riding in was broadsided by a Honda Civic being chased by CHP officer Kroon for making an illegal right turn off I-280. | mercurynews.com |
9300 | Name withheld by police | 51 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/16/2010 | Glendale | CA | 34.1696008 | -118.2291281 | Glendale Police Department |
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| An unidentified man riding a stolen motorcycle was killed when he crashed into a concrete bridge wall during a police pursuit. | dailybreeze.com |
9302 | Name withheld by police | Male | African-American/Black | 07/16/2010 | Otter Creek | AR | 34.6461021 | -92.4306921 | Arkansas State Police |
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| An unidentified man was killed in a crash after a pursuit when an Arkansas State Police trooper began tracking the dark-colored Ford pickup because the tags didn't match the vehicle. It was later verified to have been stolen. He was not carrying identification. | google.com | |
20700 | Brandon Jennings | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/18/2010 | Onalaska | WI | 43.9231632 | -91.2503077 | La Crosse County Sheriff's Office |
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| La Crosse County Sheriff's deputy Trisha Stratman was responding to a call in Holmen when her squad car collided with another car at Hwys. 35 and OT, killing 16-year-old driver, Brandon Jennings. | lacrossetribune.com |
20702 | Michael J. Benkert | 24 | Male | European-American/White | 07/21/2010 | Madison | WI | 43.0820322 | -89.366141 | University of Wisconsin - Madison Police Department |
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| Michael J. Benkert was killed and his passenger was injured after he tried to elude police. According to police, an officer tried to pull over Benkert for swerving out of his lane. Benkert then drove at 30 mph for 16 blocks before turning right and speeding off. When the officer caught up to Benkert's vehicle, it had hit a parked vehicle and flipped. | madison.com |
9333 | Justin Clark Howell | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/24/2010 | Jackson | AL | 31.5136053 | -87.8635437 | Jackson Police Department |
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| Justin Clark Howell died as a result of injuries he sustained after his 2009 Suzuki GSX R600 motorcycle crashed into a privacy fence while being pursued by police. | southalabamian.com |
9335 | Haines E. Holloway-Lilliston | 27 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/25/2010 | Towson | MD | 39.4122506 | -76.6020882 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| Repeated orders to suspend the chase did not stop the Baltimore City officer from pursuing Holloway-Lilliston on his motorcycle out of his jurisdiction. The chase ended when the officer collided with the victim on his bike, killing him. The officer had fatally shot another suspect, Larry Reed, in January 2009. | baltimoresun.com |
9334 | Queonna Zophia Edmonds | 25 | Female | African-American/Black | 07/25/2010 | Baltimore | MD | 39.2842579 | -76.6467077 | Baltimore Police Department |
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| Edmonds, from Virginia, was killed as her Honda was struck at an intersection by a suspect driving an Ford F-150 pickup being chased by police. He'd fled from a traffic stop; police chased him in contradiction to their own pursuit policies. | southhillenterprise.com |
22893 | Donnell Worsley | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 07/25/2010 | Norfolk | VA | 36.8532544 | -76.286878 | Norfolk Police Department |
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| Officers Joey Bennett Jr. and Derek Folston were driving in separate police vehicles downtown around 1 a.m. when they received a nonemergency call. The two drove side-by-side over the Campostella Bridge, where Worsley was crossing the road on his bicycle. Folston's car struck Worsley, putting Worsley in a coma until he died several months later. | pilotonline.com |
9341 | Douglas Simmons III | 40 | Male | European-American/White | 07/26/2010 | Milton | WA | 47.251212 | -122.33537 | Federal Way Police Department |
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| Federal Way police were notified of a "reckless driver" near Pacific Highway and 356th Street. Officers attempted to stop the 1988 Honda Accord by using emergency lights and siren, but the driver sped away and police pursued her, according to police. The patrol later identified the driver as Ramsay. Ramsey's Honda crashed into a Volkswagen Jetta driven by Douglas Simmons III, 40, of Fife, at Highway 99 and Porter Way, in the town of Milton. Simmons was killed and his passenger, Holly Mattson, 42, of Oregon City, Ore., was taken to Madigan Hospital in serious condition. | seattletimes.com |
9340 | Isaiah Solis Becker | 8 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/27/2010 | Seaside | CA | 36.6239161 | -121.8412648 | Marina Police Department |
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| Eight-year-old Isaiah Solis Becker was killed when his father crashed while being chased by officer John Magana. | montereyherald.com |
9342 | Joann Burton | 48 | Female | African-American/Black | 07/27/2010 | Cincinnati | OH | 39.1095355 | -84.5184303 | Cincinnati Police Department |
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| Cincinnati Police Officer Marty Polk ran over Burton while she was sleeping in a park. | wordpress.com |
19251 | Raul Becerra | 49 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 07/29/2010 | Oklahoma City | OK | 35.4352279 | -97.5412951 | Oklahoma City Police Department |
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| Raul Becerra, 49, of Oklahoma City, was killed in a traffic accident in which his car crossed the path of a police cruiser driven by officer John Paull. | newsok.com |
9348 | Larry Steven Bible Jr. | 28 | Male | Native American/Alaskan | 07/29/2010 | Tulsa | OK | 36.0773134 | -95.8855827 | Tulsa Police Department |
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| Police were chasing Bible for speeding when he lost control of his car and crashed into an apartment building. | news9.com |
9349 | Luther Coney | 40 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/31/2010 | Savannah | GA | 32.0458324 | -81.1046408 | Georgia State Patrol |
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| Troopers on Interstate 16 attempted to stop the speeding Infiniti QX4, driven by Coney, according to police. Coney did not stop, leading troopers through Savannah's midtown. The sport utility vehicle plowed into a patch of trees at the corner of 52nd and Bull streets, and Coney was killed. | savannahnow.com |
9352 | Sandra Standridge Cox | 53 | Female | Race unspecified | 07/31/2010 | Trinity | AL | 34.5851201 | -87.078035 | North Courtland Police Department |
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| Gary Wayne Cox and Sandra Standridge Cox were killed when their truck was hit by officer Brandon Shane Mundy, who reportedly ran a stop sign. | moultonadvertiser.com |
9353 | Gary Wayne Cox | 62 | Male | Race unspecified | 07/31/2010 | Trinity | AL | 34.5851201 | -87.078035 | North Courtland Police Department |
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| Gary Wayne Cox and Sandra Standridge Cox were killed when their truck was hit by officer Brandon Shane Mundy, who reportedly ran a stop sign. | moultonadvertiser.com |
9357 | Walter Ellison Jr. | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/02/2010 | Port Allen | LA | 30.4401679 | -91.20785 | West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office |
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| Walter Ellison Jr. was killed when he was hit by a vehicle as he fled from deputies on foot while handcuffed. Deputies had stopped a semi truck in which Ellison was a passenger for a traffic violation. Deputies conducted a free air K-9 sniff of the vehicle, which resulted in a positive alert to the presence of a narcotics odor. Deputies allegedly found a large amount of US currency in the truck, which they believed to be packaged in a manner consistent with illegal currency, derived from, or used to facilitate narcotics transactions. Ellison was detained and placed in handcuffs before he reportedly ran from the westbound shoulder into the oncoming path of a pickup truck. Ellison was pronounced dead at the scene. | wjhg.com |
9362 | Diego Olivas | 20 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 08/05/2010 | Santa Fe | NM | 35.6249406 | -106.0743604 | Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office |
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| Olivas was allegedly fleeing from a deputy who spotted him racing another driver. Olivas' evasion attempt lasted less than two minutes before he lost control of his 1992 Nissan 240 and crashed on Hart Road. | google.com |
9365 | Eric Wells | 30 | Male | European-American/White | 08/06/2010 | Indianapolis | IN | 39.8549915 | -86.0549375 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department |
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| Killed when the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a patrol car driven by on-duty officer David Bisard, whose blood-alcohol level at the time of the accident was 0.19. | ibj.com |
9376 | Samuel Martin Reid | 39 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/11/2010 | Brewton | AL | 31.1511611 | -87.0662985 | Brewton Police Department |
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| Donald W. "Donnie" Rotch was killed in a collision with a vehicle police were pursuing. The driver of the pursued vehicle, Martin Reid, was also killed. | andalusiastarnews.com |
9377 | Donald W. "Donnie" Rotch | 60 | Male | European-American/White | 08/11/2010 | Brewton | AL | 31.1511611 | -87.0662985 | Brewton Police Department |
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| Donald W. "Donnie" Rotch was killed in a collision with a vehicle police were pursuing. The driver of the pursued vehicle, Martin Reid, was also killed. | andalusiastarnews.com |
9381 | Laurie Renee Rowe | 46 | Female | European-American/White | 08/12/2010 | Edwardsville | KS | 39.0972186 | -94.8350189 | Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office |
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| Laurie Renee Rowe was killed when deputy Regina F. Strown's patrol car was rear-ended on the freeway. Rowe had reportedly completed a jail sentence in Wyandotte County, and was being transported in Strown's Ford Crown Victoria to a Topeka prison to serve time for forgery and narcotics charges. Just after noon, an SUV hit Strown's cruiser from behind on westbound I-70 in a construction zone. Strown's car then hit a pickup truck. Rowe, who was shackled in the backseat, could not brace herself and was killed. The driver of the SUV suffered critical injuries. Strown was seriously injured in the crash. | kshb.com |
9380 | Terry Glover | 59 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/12/2010 | Dallas | TX | 32.6572602 | -96.840072 | Dallas Police Department |
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| Officers Adam Stucki and Archie Beason, responding by patrol car to a non-emergency call, fatally rear-ended Glover's stalled Jeep Cherokee, which had its flashers on. The officers were travelling at 45 mph on a 40 mph street. Officer Stucki had served for three years. Officer Beason had served for nine. | nbcdfw.com |
21283 | Vandaro Delone Clark | 22 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/12/2010 | Allen Park | MI | 42.2689282 | -83.2209162 | Detroit Police Department |
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| According to police, a chase began in Detroit around 8:30 p.m. after officers tried to stop Vandaro Delone Clark's 2009 Pontiac Vibe for a traffic violation. Vandaro reportedly fled Downriver at high speeds before he lost control of the car on a curve along the southbound Southfield Freeway near I-94. The Pontiac hit a wall and rolled over onto the driver's side. Clark died at the scene. | pressandguide.com |
9382 | Jordan Day | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/12/2010 | Liberty Township | OH | 35.998709 | -83.9602651 | Ohio State Highway Patrol |
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| According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the teen led a trooper on a high-speed chase on I-75 in excess of 130 miles per hour. Just after the officer turned his lights on, Day crashed his 1998 Lexus GS 400 into a concrete wall at more than 100 miles per hour just south of the Monroe rest stop, flipping the vehicle and striking a tractor trailer truck on the right berm before his vehicle burst into flames. | google.com |
19974 | Trevor L. Harris | 23 | Male | European-American/White | 08/13/2010 | Louisville | KY | 38.1257599 | -85.6141259 | Louisville Metro Police Department |
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| Trevor L. Harris was a passenger in a car that police had chased earlier. It crashed and he was killed. | google.com |
21284 | James Anthony Tyrone Bartee | 17 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/14/2010 | Grand Rapids | MI | 42.9464318 | -85.6783242 | Grand Rapids Police Department |
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| According to police, a Ford Taurus and cash were reported stolen at gunpoint on the 600 block of High Street SW just before midnight. Police said officers tried to stop the car, but the driver sped off. The Taurus crashed into a tree and landed near the front steps of Mount Moriah Baptist Worship Center. The two teens inside the car suffered critical injuries and died the next week. James Anthony Tyrone Bartee died 8/19/2010. Phillip Jerome Patterson died 8/20/2010. | mlive.com |
21286 | Philip Jerome Patterson | 16 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/14/2010 | Grand Rapids | MI | 42.9464318 | -85.6783242 | Grand Rapids Police Department |
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| According to police, a Ford Taurus and cash were reported stolen at gunpoint on the 600 block of High Street SW just before midnight. Police said officers tried to stop the car, but the driver sped off. The Taurus crashed into a tree and landed near the front steps of Mount Moriah Baptist Worship Center. The two teens inside the car suffered critical injuries and died the next week. James Anthony Tyrone Bartee died 8/19/2010. Phillip Jerome Patterson died 8/20/2010. | mlive.com |
9389 | Kenyatta Brack Jr. | 16 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/16/2010 | Dolton | IL | 41.6154509 | -87.5866794 | Cook County Sheriff's Office |
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| Kenyatta Brack Jr. was killed when a Hyundai Sonata fleeing police hit his bicycle, launching him airborne into oncoming traffic. Deputies said they first saw the car speeding on the Bishop Ford Freeway and tried to stop it after it exited, but the driver sped away from their unmarked car. Officers claimed they weren't chasing the Hyundai and were following at a safe distance when Brack was hit. Witnesses refuted the officers' account, saying the police car was right behind the Sonata at the time of the crash. In January 2016, the Cook County Board agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Brack's family. | chicagotribune.com |
9395 | Edward Charles Soistam | 91 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/17/2010 | Lockhart | FL | 28.6366598 | -81.4274163 | Orange County Sheriff's Office |
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| Soistam died when his vehicle was T-boned at high speed by a deputy, driving without lights or siren, at more than twice the posted limit. The deputy lost her job but no criminal charges were filed. | theledger.com |
9396 | David Laughlin | 68 | Male | European-American/White | 08/18/2010 | Silsbee | TX | 30.3736267 | -94.2129903 | Silsbee Police Department |
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| Sergeant Robert Peden and Officers Scroggins and Hodges pursued Laughlin for speeding. Sheriff Ed Cain of Hardin County set out spike strips, deflating Laughlin's tires. Laughlin crashed into a telephone pole. Paramedics responded. Laughlin informed them that he was drunk and high. Trooper Odom responded, but later determined that he would not be investigating. Laughlin died at Christus St. E. Hospital in Beaumont. Chief Dennis Allen informed Texas Ranger Danny Young about the death. | google.com |
22835 | Dalerico Sean Vernon | 39 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/19/2010 | Front Royal | VA | 38.929041 | -78.199138 | Front Royal Police Department |
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| Dalerico Sean Vernon, District of Columbia, died after crashing his vehicle following a police pursuit that reached speeds of 100 mph. He died after crashing the 2010 Chevrolet Impala he was driving into a utility pole. | google.com |
9404 | Clarence Rounds | 15 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/20/2010 | Chicago | IL | 41.6850823 | -87.6420851 | Calumet City Police Department |
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| A little after 1 a.m. a women reported to police that she'd been in surface-street traffic when a silver Buick pulled up alongside, and someone had pointed a handgun at her. Local police located that stolen Buick and began a high-speed chase; the chase ended with a one-car crash that killed Clarence Rounds and Brittany Johnson, both 15, and put three others in critical condition. | nwitimes.com |
9405 | Brittany Johnson | 15 | Female | Race unspecified | 08/20/2010 | Chicago | IL | 41.6850823 | -87.6420851 | Calumet City Police Department |
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| A little after 1 a.m. a women reported to police that she'd been in surface-street traffic when a silver Buick pulled up alongside, and someone had pointed a handgun at her. Local police located that stolen Buick and began a high-speed chase; the chase ended with a one-car crash that killed Clarence Rounds and Brittany Johnson, both 15, and put three others in critical condition. | nwitimes.com |
22027 | Joseph Taylor | 34 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/21/2010 | Jersey City | NJ | 40.7016973 | -74.0823401 | Jersey City Police Department |
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| Joseph Taylor was carrying 169 vials of suspected cocaine when he died in a motorcycle crash during a Jersey City police chase. | www.nj.com |
9407 | Alonzo Arnold | 37 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/22/2010 | Williston | FL | 29.425041 | -82.4223265 | Marion County Sheriff's Office |
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| A county deputy tried to make a late-morning traffic stop with Arnold. He chose not to pull over. This started a 15-minute chase down two-lane country roads ending with a fatal collision of the two cars which flipped Arnold's vehicle. It was unclear if Arnold's vehicle went out of control by itself, or it the pursuing deputy had tried a PIT maneuver: police would not say. | ocala.com |
21288 | Julian Maddox | 21 | Male | Race unspecified | 08/22/2010 | Woodhaven | MI | 42.1247043 | -83.2373427 | Woodhaven Police Department |
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| Police said an officer stopped a 1997 Lincoln Town Car at about 2:30 a.m. for turning left on a red light. The driver reportedly fled, and the officer gave chase. According to police, the driver drove around gates at the Van Horn rail crossing east of I-75 and struck a moving train. Passenger Julian Maddox was killed. The driver was charged with second-degree murder. | thenewsherald.com |
9409 | Damon Wilson | 17 | Male | European-American/White | 08/23/2010 | Pleasant Dale | NE | 40.8865256 | -96.9330642 | Lancaster County Sheriff's Office |
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| 17-year-old Damon Wilson's mother called 911 at about 5:15 p.m., saying her son had threatened her with a machete at their home and taken her Ford Taurus. She reportedly told 911 where she thought Damon was going, but asked that police not chase him since he'd only had his learner's permit for a week and had never driven alone. Deputies Ronald Boden and Sgt. Thomas Brookhouser pursued Damon at high speeds into Seward County, where he tried passing another car and hit a pickup truck. The Ford overturned and burst into flames. Damon died at the scene. Damon's mother said he'd struggled with mental illness and hadn't taken his medication that morning. | klkntv.com |
20568 | Clayton John White Jr. | 31 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/23/2010 | Harrisburg | PA | 40.291345 | -76.8995131 | Harrisburg Police Bureau |
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| Clayton John White Jr. was killed after crashing what Harrisburg police said was a stolen vehicle into a tree during a police chase. | pennlive.com |
9411 | Scott Allen Williford | 11 | Male | European-American/White | 08/24/2010 | Trinity | TX | 31.0543081 | -95.2346188 | Trinity County Constable's Office Precinct 1 |
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| Williford stole his father's truck and drove it recklessly, serving around. Around 8:30 p.m., Deputy Rusty Barrett began to pursue Williford. Williford crashed and died. Rumors spread through Trinity that Deputy Barrett had run Williford off the road. The Texas Ranger Division investigated. Dashcam video showed that the truck Williford drove was barely visible in Deputy Barrett's headlights when it swerved off road for the last time and crashed. | easttexasnews.com |
21289 | Name withheld by police | Race unspecified | 08/26/2010 | Detroit | MI | 42.2942923 | -83.0995882 |
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| One person was killed in a police-chase-related accident. Appears in mlive.com chase database. Accident report (#260517) states that the crash involved a guardrail and was reported around 9:30 p.m. Four people were in the vehicle (ages 16, 20, 26 and 34). Additional details were unavailable. | mlive.com | |||
19930 | Christopher Greene | 24 | Male | African-American/Black | 08/26/2010 | Covington | KY | 39.0701522 | -84.5198609 | Erlanger Police Department |
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| An officer spotted two cars racing northbound on I-71/75. One of those vehicles slowed, down and the other continued. The officer was trying to catch up to them when the 2004 Chrysler Sebring slammed into a concrete post. Police said the passenger, Christopher Greene, 24, was pronounced dead on the scene, and the driver, Greg Siffel, 23, received serious injuries. | wcpo.com |
9430 | Estela Medrano | 67 | Female | Hispanic/Latino | 08/30/2010 | Houston | TX | 29.6745857 | -95.5128811 | Houston Police Department |
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| Officer Kyle D. Dozier drove his patrol car to the scene of a Priority 2 call without using his lights or sirens. Driving at 80 mph in a 35 mph zone, he struck a blue Scion, killing Dr. Medrano. Dr. Medrano was a prominent chemist from Buenos Aires, and a researcher at the Baylor College of Medicine. Officer Dozier, also wounded in the crash, had served HPD for less than a year. | chron.com |
9437 | Roxanne Romero | 29 | Female | Race unspecified | 09/02/2010 | Española | NM | 36.0084265 | -106.0409557 | Española Police Department |
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| Romero was killed when she lost control of the stolen car she was driving while being pursued by Espanola police. | abqjournal.com |
9445 | Gary Lane Smith | 54 | Male | Race unspecified | 09/03/2010 | St. Petersburg | FL | 27.7664902 | -82.6753298 | Manatee County Sheriff's Office |
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| A stolen white Lexus driven by a 16-year-old, with deputies out of their jurisdiction in close pursuit, ran a red light at an intersection and violently collided with an Infiniti driven by Smith. Smith died at the scene. | bradenton.com |
9453 | Henrietta Strong | 65 | Female | Race unspecified | 09/06/2010 | Cocoa | FL | 28.3556142 | -80.7362687 | Brevard County Sheriff's Office |
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| Strong often went for an early-morning walk by the roadside to pick up cans. A county offices, recklessly speeding at 65 MPH in a 40 MPH zone according to the Florida Highway Patrol, struck her straight on in the middle of his vehicle. She was killed at the scene. The officer was ticketed for speeding, and a judge later threw that ticket out. | orlandosentinel.com |
9457 | Christine Stiff | 42 | Female | Race unspecified | 09/08/2010 | East St. Louis | IL | 38.6098196 | -90.1571781 | East St. Louis Police Department |
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| An off-duty officer struck and killed Christine Stiff as she was trying to cross the street at about 9 p.m. | stltoday.com |
9475 | Jose De Jesus Varales | 23 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/16/2010 | San Jose | CA | 37.3416438 | -121.8874324 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Vincente J. Reza and Jose De Jesus Varales were backseat passengers killed when a Ford Explorer crashed while being pursued by the CHP. | mercurynews.com |
9476 | Vincente J. Reza | 22 | Male | Hispanic/Latino | 09/16/2010 | San Jose | CA | 37.3416438 | -121.8874324 | California Highway Patrol |
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| Vincente J. Reza and Jose De Jesus Varales were backseat passengers killed when a Ford Explorer crashed while being pursued by the CHP. | mercurynews.com |
9478 | Calvin Lee Tooker | 28 | Male | European-American/White | 09/16/2010 | Roseville | CA | 38.7843717 | -121.3330863 | Roseville Police Department |
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| Calvin Lee Tooker was killed when he hit a minivan head-on while fleeing from police. | thepresstribune.com |
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