Fatal Encounters

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

Kyle Britt

Name: Kyle Britt
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 06/26/2001
Location: Road 769
Cozad, Nebraska, 69130
County: Dawson
Agency: Cozad Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: 14-year-old Kyle Britt reportedly sneaked out just before midnight, took his mother's 1992 Pontiac Bonneville, ran a stop sign and was driving erratically before he led officers Steve Molden and John Westman on a nearly 10-mile pursuit. Britt lost control and was ejected from the Pontiac as it rolled into a ditch, where the car pinned him. A grand jury decided that police were not at fault in Britt's death.
Unique ID: 1042

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