Fatal Encounters

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Nadiyah SaQuoia Keana McCants

Name: Nadiyah SaQuoia Keana McCants
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 11/04/2021
Location: Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard and Student Movement Boulevard
Atlanta, Georgia, 30314
County: Fulton
Agency: Georgia State Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: A trooper spotted a Toyota Camry around 1:30 a.m. as it exited I-20 East onto I-75 South. The vehicle reportedly was clocked at more than 100 mph. The officer immediately initiated a pursuit through city streets, and I-75. The trooper reportedly lost sight of the vehicle on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard but found it again after it had crashed. Some accounts dispute this story and suggest the trooper may have knocked the vehicle off the road, where it hit a concrete barrier and killed Ja'Marrius A. Rucker, 25, and pregnant Nadiyah S. McCants, 18.
Unique ID: 31371

News article: Link






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