Douglas Akins
Name: Douglas Akins
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 09/28/2001
Location: Webber St & Collingwood Ave
Saginaw, Michigan, 48601
County: Saginaw
Agency: Saginaw Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Two high school students in a stolen SUV brought on a police chase through a residential neighborhood. Out of control, closely pursued with lights and siren, the vehicle jumped the curb into the path of three pedestrians: Johnnie Hickman, Hickman's friend Douglas Akins, and Akins' three-year-old grandson. Akins last act was to throw the boy to safety. Both men died. The driver received five years in prison.
Unique ID: 1225
News article: Link
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