Diane Creason
Name: Diane Creason
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 12/04/2001
Location: Wood Street and Hume Avenue
Muskegon Heights, Michigan, 49444
County: Muskegon
Agency: Muskegon Heights Police Department, Norton Shores Police Department, Muskegon County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police, Muskegon Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Bryan Anthony Smith reportedly stole an unattended GMC Yukon with the keys inside from a McDonald's parking lot at 12:44 p.m. A Norton Shores officer tried to stop the SUV on Getty Street, but couldn't keep up and radioed the SUV's locations. Muskegon Heights Sgt. Phil Coleman saw the SUV approach and tried to block the road, but Smith drove past him. Other officers converged tried to head off the Yukon as Smith drove around residential areas in a five-block radius. According to police, Coleman called off the pursuit while on Reynolds Street near Hume Avenue. "Within seconds," police said, Coleman saw the SUV collide with a pickup truck. The driver of the truck, Diane Creason, was ejected and died at a hospital.
Unique ID: 20853
News article: Link
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