Fatal Encounters

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David Harold Tarter

Name: David Harold Tarter
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/01/2008
Location: I-40
Buffalo Valley, Tennessee, 38548
County: Putnam
Agency: Jamestown Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: 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.
Unique ID: 23110

News article: Link






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