Fatal Encounters

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Darrell Thomas

Name: Darrell Thomas
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/29/2008
Location: I-70 and Riverview Blvd.
St. Louis, Missouri, 63120
County: St. Louis City
Agency: St. Charles County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: 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.
Unique ID: 7668

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