Fatal Encounters

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Gaylene Lynn Herrera

Name: Gaylene Lynn Herrera
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 07/02/2019
Location: E Dakota Ave & N Palm Ave
Fresno, California, 93704
County: Fresno
Agency: Fresno County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Deputies said they were working on a burglary case when they spotted Gaylene Herrera and driver Cline Garner on a motorcycle. When deputies tried to pull over the pair, they took off. The motorcycle lost control at the center median, and Garner and Herrera were thrown across the intersection. Herrera was killed. The motorcycle came to rest more than the length of a football field away. Sheriff's deputies said Garner was going more than 100 miles an hour when he lost control as he approached the train tracks.
Unique ID: 26691

News article: Link






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