Fatal Encounters

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Name withheld by police

Name: Name withheld by police
Age: 79
Gender:
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 03/22/2012
Location: Meyers Rd. and Lyndon St.
Detroit, Michigan, 48238
County: Wayne
Agency:
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Police said they'd pursued Pontiac minivan as part of a narcotics investigation. The Pontiac T-boned a Honda near Meyers Road and Lyndon Street. The driver of the Honda was in critical condition at press time. Per a witness: "I was standing here setting my grill up and I seen a van come this way and a black police car come behind him with his light. They turned at this corner here on Meyers and shot toward Lyndon," he said. "I saw about six or seven other police cars coming down the street, flying this way." Listed in mlive.com's police chase database as a fatality, corroborated by crash report (#260170) which says a 79-year-old driver was killed.
Unique ID: 21340

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