Luis Ponce Rios
Name: Luis Ponce Rios
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 03/04/2004
Location: Buffalo Jones Avenue and Kansas Avenue
Garden City, Kansas, 67846
County: Finney
Agency: Garden City Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Luis Ponce Rios was a passenger who died from injuries sustained in a crash while fleeing police. At about 4:20 p.m., police pursued four men in a 1992 Honda who'd allegedly cashed $20,700 in bogus Tyson Fresh Meats checks at the Money Stop Convenience Store. The Honda ran a red light at the Five Points intersection and struck a Chevrolet Suburban, then hit the base of the Sonic Drive In sign and a light pole. Ponce Rios died at a hospital two days later. A witness filed a complaint, saying the police car was "on their tails" when it drove past her at 13th. Police claimed the chase was called off before the crash. The driver, Raul Melendes, 24, AKA Angel Estrada, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery and sentenced to over five years in prison.
Unique ID: 3213
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