Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Maria Carrion-Adame

Name: Maria Carrion-Adame
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 12/12/2015
Location: W 71st St. and S Carpenter St.
Chicago, Illinois, 60621
County: Cook
Agency: Chicago Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Maria Carrion-Adame was killed and 10 others were injured when an allegedly stolen car fleeing police struck a van in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. According to police, three people in an allegedly stolen vehicle sped away from officers at about 5:45 p.m. Police chased the car until it ran a stop sign and crashed into a van carrying 11 people. Carrion-Adame died at a hospital a short time later.
Unique ID: 17002

News article: Link






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