Jordan Balkind
Name: Jordan Balkind
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/18/2018
Location: US-221 and I-85
Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29307
County: Spartanburg
Agency: Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Deputies were called around 8:45 p.m. to a convenience store for reports of two people at the gas pumps who appeared to be engaged in drug activity. A vehicle backed out of the parking space and refused to stop when a deputy tried to pull the car over. The deputy pursued the vehicle for four minutes but reportedly canceled the pursuit when he lost sight of the vehicle. Another deputy saw the vehicle at about 9 p.m. on Highway 221. The deputy tried to stop the vehicle, but the vehicle fled and cut off its lights as it crossed over I-85. The vehicle ran a red light at an intersection and crashed head-on into a tractor trailer, killing driver Jordan Balkind, 23, and passenger, Braeden Rankin, 23.
Unique ID: 24625
News article: Link
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