Derek Harrison
Name: Derek Harrison
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 05/09/2011
Location: U.S. 101 Business & Arundell Ave
Ventura, California, 93003
County: Ventura
Agency: Ventura Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Derek Harrison was struck by a motorhome and killed on Highway 101 while running away from police. The incident began shortly before 11:30 a.m. when a GMC Yukon was reported stolen from Union Engineering Co. An officer spotted the SUV a few blocks away, heading toward a freeway underpass where Arundell curves sharply. According to police, Harrison sped off when he saw the officer, then crashed into a pickup truck. Harrison reportedly got out of the SUV, ran across the railroad tracks onto a dirt road next to the freeway, then jumped a fence and ran up an embankment onto the freeway. Police said Harrison was hit by the motorhome when he ran into the slow lane of southbound 101. He died at the scene.
Unique ID: 10157
News article: Link
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