Melvin Eugene Simpson
Name: Melvin Eugene Simpson
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/22/2021
Location: I-240
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73139
County: Oklahoma
Agency: Oklahoma City Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: About 3:39 a.m., two people involved in the robbery fled in a red Saturn and were spotted by an officer minutes later. The officer initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle pulled over in a parking before speeding away east on a westbound service road. They entered the westbound lanes of I-240 driving the wrong way, police said. The pursuing officer drove on I-240 going east in the eastbound lanes, paralleling the vehicle to keep sight of them. They crashed head-on into another vehicle. The collision killed the driver, Melvin Simpson, who attempted to elude police, and injured his passenger.
Unique ID: 31355
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