Fatal Encounters

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Jennifer Gray

Name: Jennifer Gray
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 07/12/2003
Location: 130th Street and Alder Avenue
Sloan, Iowa, 51055
County: Woodbury
Agency: Iowa State Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: A state trooper tried to stop Troy Gray, who was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on I-29 with Jennifer Gray as a passenger, for a broken tail light. Troy Gray reportedly sped away and exited at Sloan, then continued west on a county road and onto gravel roads. According to police, the motorcycle kicked up a lot of dust and the trooper lost sight of it. Soon afterward, the Harley failed to negotiate a curve, flipped into the ditch and hit a fence post. Jennifer Gray called 911, and officers found the crash site. Troy Gray was pronounced dead at the scene and Jennifer Gray died from head injuries two days later.
Unique ID: 2630

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