David Beckwith
Name: David Beckwith
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/20/2005
Location: Main Ave
Nitro, West Virginia, 25143
County: Kanawha
Agency: St. Albans Police Department, Nitro Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Police said they chased a van driven by David Beckwith after they became suspicious it might have been stolen from a local house-cleaning business. The pursuit went through St. Albans and Nitro at speeds as high as 80 mph. The van eventually hit another vehicle, swerved into oncoming traffic, struck a Volkswagen, burst into flames and crashed into a KRT bus about 6:45 p.m. Beckwith reportedly remained in the burn unit at Cabell-Huntington Hospital after the crash until he died on December 12, 2005. A woman in the Volkswagen suffered a fractured skull, pelvis and leg.
Unique ID: 23133
News article: Link
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