Fatal Encounters

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Nicholas R. Peterson

Name: Nicholas R. Peterson
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 04/11/2013
Location: 2800 block 99th Avenue NE
Lake Stevens, Washington, 98258
County: Snohomish
Agency: Lake Stevens Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Peterson was a passenger in his friend's Honda Civic, driving on a suspended license. The meth-fueled driver fled from a traffic stop, reached 70 MPH in a residential 25 MPH with police in hot pursuit, lost control and smashed into a house. Peterson was killed. One of at least four fatal high-speed police chases in this county in 2013.
Unique ID: 12626

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