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Arturo Tlapa Luna
Case # :1533
Gender : Male
Age : 33
Race : Latinx
Date : 11/09/2022
Location : Old Bridge
City : Marlboro
County : Monmouth
State : New Jersey
Agency : Marlboro PD
Officer(s) :Sgt. Greg Arrone
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No known charges
Open Records Summary :
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office investigated a chase that stretched from Marlboro to Old Bridge on Nov. 9, 2022. One motorist died in a crash at the end of the chase.Police chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed, resulted in the death of uninvolved driver AfturoTlapa Luna.
A Marlboro police officer, identified Friday as Sgt. Greg Arrone, escalated a chase of the car that ended after the car hit several other vehicles on Route 9 south in Old Bridge in the area of Spring Valley Road shortly after 2 a.m.
The occupant of one of the cars, 33-year-old Freehold resident Arturo Tlapa-Luna, was killed in the crash. His wife, father and two daughters were also in the car and suffered severe injuries but survived.