Fatal Encounters

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Name withheld by police

Name: Name withheld by police
Age: 0.16
Gender:
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 04/28/2007
Location: Forest Ave. and Van Dyke St.
Detroit, Michigan, 48214
County: Wayne
Agency: Detroit Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: A 2-month-old child died when a Dodge pickup truck whose driver had twice eluded police crashed into a minivan. Two other children riding in the minivan were critically injured. According to police, officers said they broke off the chase 15 minutes before the crash. Officers had chased the truck after it drove past them at a high rate of speed, police said. The driver of the truck fled the scene.
Unique ID: 21153

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