Fatal Encounters

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Traci Hooper

Name: Traci Hooper
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 03/02/2001
Location: N Milt Phillips Ave & E Evans Ave
Seminole, Oklahoma, 74868
County: Seminole
Agency: Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Traci Hooper, 14, fled from an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and sped toward Seminole at speeds that topped 100 mph. Seminole police tried to slow her by setting up three roadblocks, but Hooper went through them and into a busy section of town. City police and Seminole County sheriff's deputies also pursued. Hooper was going 70 mph when she lost control of the car and it hit a traffic light pole. The impact sheared the car in half and killed her.
Unique ID: 788

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