Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Jeremy Smeltzer

Name: Jeremy Smeltzer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 04/15/2014
Location: 1185 102nd Ave
Plainwell, Michigan, 49080
County: Allegan
Agency: Michigan State Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Jeremy Smeltzer, 29, was two-and-half-times the legal limit for alcohol when his truck entered a southbound highway traveling north, against the traffic. Reaching speeds of 90 mph, Smeltzer traveled 18 miles, forced a police cruiser off the road and struck a Ford Mustang head-on, killing himself and the Mustang's driver, Jaryd Floyd.
Unique ID: 14359

News article: Link






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