Fatal Encounters

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Name withheld by police

Name: Name withheld by police
Age:
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 09/22/2016
Location: 1100 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84115
County: Salt Lake
Agency: Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehicle
Media summary: A Unified Police officer was driving his patrol vehicle on 1300 South when a man who was crossing the street east of the crosswalk stepped out in front of the car, according to Salt Lake Police. It was raining and the officer didn't see the pedestrian in the roadway until he actually struck him, police said. He was thrown into the westbound lanes where a westbound vehicle struck him a second time.
Unique ID: 18230

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