Fatal Encounters

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Rolando Vasquez Munoz

Name: Rolando Vasquez Munoz
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/24/2006
Location: Olentangy Fwy & OH-315 & W Goodale St
Columbus, Ohio, 43215
County: Franklin
Agency: Columbus Division of Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Columbus police were called to the Caravan Trailer Park on a report of a stabbing. They found a woman who said she had been stabbed and a man who had been cut by the woman's boyfriend. The man had been trying to help her defend herself against the boyfriend, later identified as Munoz. As police arrived, Munoz had just driven off. Police followed him and the chase ended when he lost control of his car just north of the Goodale Street exit of Rt. 315. The car hit a guardrail and went down an embankment and ended up about 20 feet from the Olentangy River, police said. Munoz was thrown from the car and landed in the river, killing him.
Unique ID: 5582

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