Maria Adriana Rocha-Mena aka Sally Huerta
Name: Maria Adriana Rocha-Mena aka Sally Huerta
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 02/26/2007
Location: East 9th Street North
Wichita, Kansas, 67214
County: Sedgwick
Agency: Wichita Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Adriana Rocha-Mena was killed after she crashed her car during a police chase. According to police, an officer stopped Rocha-Mena for rolling through a stop sign. Rocha-Mena told the officer that her license was suspended, and the officer said to turn off the car and get out. Instead, Rocha-Mena drove her car over a railroad embankment. Other officers picked up the chase, but said they pulled back after Rocha-Mena's badly smoking car limited their visibility. Police said Rocha-Mena saw the stop spikes laid down by police and tried to avoid them, but lost control of the car, hitting a utility pole and then a tree. She died at the scene.
Unique ID: 5941
News article: Link
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