Fatal Encounters

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Edgar F. Trevino-Mendoza

Name: Edgar F. Trevino-Mendoza
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 10/22/2006
Location: South 48th Avenue and West Nob Hill Boulevard
Yakima, Washington, 98908
County: Yakima
Agency: Yakima Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Bobby Aguilar and Edgar Trevino-Mendoza were driving with a friend to a pickup basketball game when their vehicle was hit by a stolen car that ran a red light at South 48th Avenue and West Nob Hill Boulevard as it was pursued by police. Aguilar died at the scene, while Trevino-Mendoza died days later. The fleeing driver, Blake Young, was sentenced to almost 37 years in state prison in 2009 on two counts of second-degree murder and single counts of vehicular assault and second-degree theft in connection with the crash.
Unique ID: 5574

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