Eric M. Podtburg
Name: Eric M. Podtburg
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 04/26/2003
Location:
Morris, Minnesota, 56267
County: Stevens
Agency: Morris Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: A 14-year-old boy died after the car in which he was riding with three other youths crashed while apparently eluding police, police said. Eric M. Podtburg, of Morris, was thrown from the car in the one-car accident on a gravel road east of Morris in west-central Minnesota. He died of head injuries, police said. A Morris police officer spotted the car on the University of Minnesota-Morris campus when someone called 911 reporting that youths in a car had thrown a bottle at a passing car. The car sped away and police followed at a distance, Stevens County Sheriff Randy Willis said.
Unique ID: 2483
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