Fatal Encounters

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Ernest Edward McCleary III

Name: Ernest Edward McCleary III
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 09/23/2015
Location: Campbell Mills Road
Blairsville, Pennsylvania, 15717
County: Indiana
Agency: Blairsville Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Ernest Edward McCleary III, 19, was driving on Route 22 when police tried to pull him over for a traffic stop, police said. Police followed him along several turns and onto Campbell Mills Road. They later saw him fishtailing on Campbell Mills Road before he crossed the southbound lane of the road into a cornfield, where he was ejected and killed as his car rolled several times.
Unique ID: 20025

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