Zachary "Zach" Barber
Name: Zachary "Zach" Barber
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 08/30/2011
Location: Stage Road and Stone Road
Ionia, Michigan, 48846
County: Ionia
Agency: Michigan State Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: According to reports, 16-year-old Zachary "Zach" Barber and 14-year-old Donald Proctor were pushing a moped along Stage Road around 11:30 a.m., when off-duty trooper Daniel Parker hit them from behind with his personal vehicle. Barber was taken by helicopter to the hospital where he died from his injuries. Proctor was hospitalized for non-life threatening injuries. Parker was physically uninjured in the crash. He admitted he was distracted by a cell phone teetering off the passenger seat before hitting the teens. Parker, 36, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and was sentenced to six months in jail. According to Barber's grandmother, Barber's mother told he she couldn't take it anymore and that she didn't feel well before dying of a heart attack in October 2011.
Unique ID: 21325
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