Derrick Pritchett
Name: Derrick Pritchett
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 02/18/2012
Location: Cumberland Blvd SE & I-75 & I-285
Atlanta, Georgia, 30339
County: Cobb
Agency: Cobb County Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Officers attempted to stop a car after the 17-year-old driver made an illegal U-turn, failed to maintain a lane and ran a red light early Saturday morning—all signs of a possibly impaired driver, police said. But the car didn't stop, and instead accelerated and led police on a short chase that ended when the Cadillac hit two curbs and then a concrete retaining wall along the on-ramp to I-75 southbound, killing the driver, Pritchett and a 16-year-old whose name was withheld.
Unique ID: 11077
News article: Link
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