Fatal Encounters

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Name withheld by police

Name: Name withheld by police
Age:
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/22/2009
Location: Palmer Park Boulevard and Hannah Ridge Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80915
County: El Paso
Agency: El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: El Paso County sheriff's deputies were responding to a welfare check for a woman at a home. A man involved in the disturbance was leaving in a white pickup truck when deputies arrived, and he tried to hit one of the patrol cars, police said. The driver of the truck sped down a street and turned onto Palmer Park Boulevard, crashing into a brick fence. The unidentified driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene.
Unique ID: 8294

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