Johnny L. Bentley
Name: Johnny L. Bentley
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 03/29/2012
Location: I-75 and Swan Creek Road
Newport, Michigan, 48166
County: Monroe
Agency: Brownstown Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Brownstown Township police were chasing Johnny L. Bentley's 2004 Saturn at around 9:30 a.m. after recieving a report from Trenton police about a potentially intoxicated motorist driving erratically on Fort Street. Police pursued Bentley onto southbound I-75 in Monroe County, where the Saturn crashed into a semi truck. Bentley died at the scene. People close to Bentley said he had Alzheimer's and diabetes, and that he'd get confused when he didn't take his medicine.
Unique ID: 21341
News article: Link
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