Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Elizabeth Withers

Name: Elizabeth Withers
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/18/2001
Location: N Meridian St & W 9th St
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204
County: Marion
Agency: Cumberland Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Withers was gravely injured when her car was struck by a speeding suspect in a high-speed chase with police in the downtown core of Indianapolis. She died of her injuries a week later, in the same hospital where she'd worked as a pediatric nurse.
Unique ID: 1097

News article: Link






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