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Case # :375

Gender : Male

Age : Unknown

Race : Unknown

Date : 03/21/2022

Location : Laurel St

City : Cadillac

County : Wexford

State : Mississippi

Agency : Cadillac PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Drug OD

Event : Drug OD due to traffic stop

Disposition : No known charges

Open Records Summary :

Cadillac Police officerstraffic-stopped a vehicle driving without headlights early Saturday on South Mitchel Street. Tweo men in the vehicle admitted to alcohol use including the driver. The driver left the scene. Police escalated a chase until the vehicle crashed into a wall, a parked car and tree with both men running away. Drugs, guns and cash were found. The passenger was not located but the injured driver was taken to the hospital where he died of what police allege may have been drugs ingested during the arrest

Source Links :

https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/03/man-dies-of-apparent-od-after-fleeing-police-pursuit.html