William J. Hansen
Name: William J. Hansen
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 09/23/2009
Location: Ewing Avenue and 17th Street
Independence, Missouri, 64126
County: Jackson
Agency: Independence Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: William J. Hansen was killed after his motorcycle hit a truck during a police chase. At around 9:30 a.m., an officer made a U-turn when he saw a pickup on Blue Ridge Boulevard that fit the description of one that had been reported stolen. The officer checked the truck's plates and learned it wasn't the stolen vehicle. Meanwhile, the motorcyclist who'd been behind the truck reportedly took off at a high rate of speed, so the officer chased it into a residential area where the motorcycle crashed into a truck in an intersection.
Unique ID: 8457
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