Fatal Encounters

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Mark Goca

Name: Mark Goca
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 05/19/2000
Location: Loudonville Rd & U.S. 9 & I-90
Albany, New York, 12204
County: Albany
Agency: Rensselaer Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Goca was one of two undercover local detectives in a one-car crash at 2:30 a.m. Goca was fatally injured. The driver, his colleague, was intoxicated and charged with two misdemeanor counts of DWI, criminally negligent homicide, and vehicular manslaughter.
Unique ID: 234

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