Margaret Patricia Branton
Name: Margaret Patricia Branton
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 06/04/2006
Location: Bobby Jones Expressway and Washington Road
Martinez, Georgia, 30907
County: Columbia
Agency: Columbia County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Deputies chasing a shoplifting suspect in a Ford Explorer were sued for their failure to follow their own department's chase policies. The Explorer ran a red light and sped into a major intersection, striking a Cirrus driven by Lonnie D. Turner and his mother-in-law Margaret Patricia Branton, killing them both. Turner's pregnant wife and their six-year-old survived the crash but their unborn child did not.
Unique ID: 5191
News article: Link
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