Louis F. Williams
Name: Louis F. Williams
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 12/05/2017
Location: Route 17K and Fern Wood Way
Montgomery, New York, 12549
County: Orange
Agency: Crawford Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: About 9:50 a.m., a Crawford police officer saw the driver of a Buick commit a traffic infraction on state Route 17K and tried to pull the car over. The Buick allegedly fled and the police car gave chase with its lights and sirens on. As other traffic tried to pull over to get out of the way of the police car, the driver of the Buick passed a vehicle on the shoulder while the police car passed that vehicle on the left. Then, as the pursuit went around a curve in the road, the Buick crossed into the opposite lane of traffic and struck an oncoming pickup head-on, killing Louis Williams, the driver of the Buick.
Unique ID: 23722
News article: Link
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