Mateo Salvador
Name: Mateo Salvador
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 02/12/2021
Location: Mission Avenue and Ash Street
Escondido, California, 92027
County: San Diego
Agency: Escondido Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: The crash was reported about 11:20 p.m. Friday at Mission Avenue and Ash Street, according to Escondido police Lt. Kevin Toth. A police officer had stopped a car for a traffic violation. The car was being driven by a 13-year-old girl from Vista who had taken her mom's car without her knowledge. The girls fled in the car as the officer approached, he said. They drove east on Mission and apparently tried to turn left onto Ash, where they apparently lost control and their car slid into the planter on the east side of the road near a SDG&E transfer facility. Two men who were sleeping in the bushes and appeared to have been homeless were killed.
Unique ID: 29654
News article: Link
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