James Arthur Pelkey
Name: James Arthur Pelkey
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 12/08/2010
Location: Interstate 5
Rice Hill, Oregon, 97462
County: Douglas
Agency: Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: County officers attempted to stop Pelkey on the interstate, following up on reports of his involvement in a prior hit-and-run accident. Pelkey's 1986 GMC pickup violently collided at high speed with a county patrol car stopped there on the freeway shoulder to lay out a spike strip to stop him.
Unique ID: 9679
News article: Link
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