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LASD chased an allegedly stolen vehicle until it slammed into stalled traffic, killing one bystander, critically injuring the driver and passenger in the pursued ve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_uxDOrAsts

A Gary PD officer collided with Gloria Melton. She was killed.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/lost-my-grandma-need-help-for-travel

https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/police-officer-involved-in-fatal-accident-in-gary/

https://www.wbiw.com/2022/07/14/indiana-state-police-investigate-fatal-crash-in-gary/

https://wgntv.com/northwest-indiana/woman-ejected-dies-after-crash-with-police-car-in-gary/

Bowie was identified as the driver of a 2008 Infinity Sedan spotted at the Fleet Truck Repair on Charleston Highway in Cayce after stealing items from multiple vehicles at the businesses. He refused to pull over for officers who escalated a chase.
Bowie got off I-26 West onto I-77 North before taking exit 5 (Bluff Road) on I-77 before turning left onto Pineview Rd. He was killed on impact when he ran a red light at the intersection of Pineview and Shop Rd and hit another car.

https://www.wistv.com/2022/07/11/police-chase-pineview-road-ends-fatal-collision/

After observing a burglary, police chased the 15-year-old intruder until he crashed and died.

https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/burglary-suspect-15-dies-during-high-speed-chase-into-guadalupe-county/article_d572fe44-fed2-11ec-a66d-9f9900bfc45e.html

Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Unit agents tried to make a traffic stop using the excuse of too dark window tint on Tyrance Benbow. Officers felt if they had gotten a tip that he was going to make some drug purchases, and they attempted to stop him. He sped away and police chased him, attacked him with a PIT maneuver, several times and rear ended him, resulting in a fatal crash that killed him.

https://www.wbko.com/video/2023/03/23/family-files-lawsuit-against-first-responders-fatal-wreck-during-chase-2022/

Roanoke Police received a report of a potentially suicidal man with a firearm in the 4600 block of Long Acre Drive NE having left the area by car. Police knew that the man had an active felony warrant in another jurisdiction and the description of the vehicle was aired via APB to all Patrol Units.
An officer found the car in the area of Orange Avenue and Williamson Road NE and he began to follow the vehicle and also saw that there was a passenger in the car. The officer attempted a traffic stop but the pursuit continued out of the City of Roanoke
Patrol units deployed pursuit stop sticks but the driver continued fleeing. The driver finally lost control of the vehicle and crashed in the 3100 block of Read Mountain Road in Botetourt County. The driver committed suicide under police duress.

https://wset.com/news/local/1-dead-1-charged-after-roanoke-police-car-chase-vehicle-pursuit-crime-prevention-firearm-gun-violence-suicide-botetourt-county-virginia-july-7-2022

https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/botetourt-county-provides-more-details-about-police-pursuit-that-ended-with-crash-suicide/article_0237cc44-fecd-11ec-946b-c7d46adbc63a.html

Nicholas “Bubby” Keifer was killed after crashing his motorcycle on Route 63 in Bethany near Fargo Road as a result of a high-speed police chase. Just before impact, police allege that they called off the chase. A Genesee County deputy located the motorcycle on its side in a field along with the motorcyclist who died.

https://orleanshub.com/medina-man-killed-in-motorcycle-crash-in-bethany/

A group of Asbury Park police officers investigating what sounded like gunfire tried to traffic-stop a vehicle in the area of Atkins Avenue and escalated a chase. The car fled and crashed into a tree about a mile two people fled while the other two occupants were seriously injured in the crash. One has since died and the other is in critical condition.

https://www.nj.com/news/2022/06/1-dead-three-injured-after-vehicle-fleeing-cops-crashes-into-tree.html

A group of Asbury Park police officers investigating what sounded like gunfire tried to traffic-stop a vehicle in the area of Atkins Avenue and escalated a chase. The car fled and crashed into a tree about a mile two people fled while the other two occupants were seriously injured in the crash. One has since died and the other is in critical condition.

https://www.nj.com/news/2022/06/1-dead-three-injured-after-vehicle-fleeing-cops-crashes-into-tree.html

A North Charleston officer responded to a call, was speeding through an intersection and crashed into third party motorist Raudnesia Waring, killing her.

https://wpde.com/news/local/woman-killed-in-crash-with-ncpd-officer-identified-as-24-year-old-from-north-charleston

https://www.wistv.com/2022/07/06/troopers-investigating-deadly-crash-involving-n-charleston-police-officer/

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/north-charleston-patrolman-had-troubled-driving-record-before-fatal-crash-attorney-says/article_057833de-2561-11ed-a9b8-b3ecf99bdaaf.html

Abbeville PD chased a vehicle and high speed until it crashed into a bystander vehicle, killing passenger Joseph Francis Gardner, 72, in a Buick.

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/07/05/law-enforcement-chase-ends-with-deadly-crash-anderson-co/

Police saw scratched paint causing them to believe a vehicle may have been involved in a hit-and-run and that the vehicle was swerving. Police escalated a hunt that ended when the vehicle crashed and exploded in a fireball. Dominique Jackson had committed no crime but was confirmed by family to have been afraid of all police.

https://fox59.com/indiana-news/state-police-investigate-fatal-plainfield-police-chase-crash/

La Habra police officers attempted to stop the driver of a vehicle on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. The vehicle initially began to stop near the area of Harbor Boulevard and Arbolita Drive in La Habra, but then abruptly took off at a high rate of speed. Police escalated a chase that until the vehicle crashed into a second vehicle in the intersection of Fullerton Road and Aguiro Street, caught on fire, killing both the driver and passenger of the fleeing vehicle.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/driver-passenger-killed-after-crashing-vehicle-during-police-chase-in-rowland-heights/

La Habra police officers attempted to stop the driver of a vehicle on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. The vehicle initially began to stop near the area of Harbor Boulevard and Arbolita Drive in La Habra, but then abruptly took off at a high rate of speed. Police escalated a chase that until the vehicle crashed into a second vehicle in the intersection of Fullerton Road and Aguiro Street, caught on fire, killing both the driver and passenger of the fleeing vehicle.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/driver-passenger-killed-after-crashing-vehicle-during-police-chase-in-rowland-heights/

Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputies escalated a chase of a pickup that crashed when it ran off the road and hit a tree. The truck erupted in flames and the driver died.

https://www.ksla.com/2022/07/03/driver-dies-when-truck-being-chased-by-police-crashes-bursts-into-flames/

Police chased an underage, unlicensed driver into a crash that killed 2 sisters who were bystanders. The women were Mary Alice Dent, 32, and Shamricka Latrice Dent, 36.

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/video-shows-police-pursuit-that-ended-in-double-fatal-crash-in-north-charleston/article_13efebb8-f92a-11ec-8c3c-83d1b4b9d681.html

https://wpde.com/news/local/child-12-to-face-charges-in-high-speed-crash-that-killed-sisters-on-michaux-parkway-dorchester-road-north-charleston-sc-mary-dent-shamricka-dent

https://www.live5news.com/video/2022/07/01/video-dead-injured-after-chase-ends-crash-near-airport/

https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/charleston-county-news/2-dead-1-injured-after-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-crash-near-charleston-airport/

Police chased an underage, unlicensed driver into a crash that killed 2 sisters who were bystanders. The women were Mary Alice Dent, 32, and Shamricka Latrice Dent, 36.

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/video-shows-police-pursuit-that-ended-in-double-fatal-crash-in-north-charleston/article_13efebb8-f92a-11ec-8c3c-83d1b4b9d681.html

https://wpde.com/news/local/child-12-to-face-charges-in-high-speed-crash-that-killed-sisters-on-michaux-parkway-dorchester-road-north-charleston-sc-mary-dent-shamricka-dent

https://www.live5news.com/video/2022/07/01/video-dead-injured-after-chase-ends-crash-near-airport/
https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/charleston-county-news/2-dead-1-injured-after-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-crash-near-charleston-airport/

Dr. Suzanne Shepherd was a retired ER doctor who was a pedestrian run over and killed by police.

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/suzanne-shepherd-dies-struck-police-vehicle-south-philly/

A Coweta County deputy was attempting to stop a car for not dimming its brights. The car did not stop and police escalated a chase that ended when the vehicle crashed into the home of Annette Rush and killed her inside.

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/family-mourns-woman-killed-coweta-county-car-house-police-chase/85-decc5631-1de6-400d-9e9b-289ac901f65d

Customs and Border Patrol chased a vehicle they said was carrying undocumented migrants into a crash that killed 4 migrants and injured 3 more as part of Operation Lone Star.

https://www.wvva.com/2022/06/30/texas-police-4-migrants-killed-smuggling-attempt/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/four-dead-car-chase-suspected-human-smuggler-texas/

Customs and Border Patrol chased a vehicle they said was carrying undocumented migrants into a crash that killed 4 migrants and injured 3 more as part of Operation Lone Star.

https://www.wvva.com/2022/06/30/texas-police-4-migrants-killed-smuggling-attempt/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/four-dead-car-chase-suspected-human-smuggler-texas/

Customs and Border Patrol chased a vehicle they said was carrying undocumented migrants into a crash that killed 4 migrants and injured 3 more as part of Operation Lone Star.

https://www.wvva.com/2022/06/30/texas-police-4-migrants-killed-smuggling-attempt/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/four-dead-car-chase-suspected-human-smuggler-texas/

Customs and Border Patrol chased a vehicle they said was carrying undocumented migrants into a crash that killed 4 migrants and injured 3 more as part of Operation Lone Star.

https://www.wvva.com/2022/06/30/texas-police-4-migrants-killed-smuggling-attempt/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/four-dead-car-chase-suspected-human-smuggler-texas/

Decatur Police chased a vehicle that had allegedly been involved in shoplifting at Home Depot at high speed until the vehicle crashed, killing the driver, Lafonz Hewlett. Two other men were arrested.

https://www.waff.com/2022/06/29/police-chase-leads-deadly-wreck-theft-suspects-identified/

Officer Dustin Moody crashed while pursuing a pickup truck whose driver, 23-year-old Jacob G. Roberts of Nineveh, died in the police chase crash.

https://fox59.com/indiana-news/man-dead-trafalgar-officer-seriously-hurt-after-pursuit-and-crash/

https://www.wrtv.com/news/public-safety/civilian-dies-two-johnson-county-law-enforcement-officers-injured-in-separate-incidents

A police officer allegedly saw Naya Jackson commit a traffic violation near Moraga Way and St. Andrews Drive and escalated a chase. Police claim that the officer "called off the chase" for safety reasons just before the fatal crash. Jackson was killed and a passenger was injured.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/coroners-inquest-finds-oakland-womans-death-after-police-pursuit-was-accidental/

REASON FOR CHASE: Bystander killed during an unauthorized police pursuit initiated after officers saw a 19-year-old driver doing donuts near a sideshow. The driver was not suspected of a violent forcible crime or of possessing a firearm, circumstances required under Oakland Police Department policy for officers to initiate a pursuit. Officers Walid Abdelaziz and Jimmy Marin-Coronel pursued without supervisory authorization, without notifying dispatch, and without using emergency lights and sirens.
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NARRATIVE:
On 06/26/2022, 28-year-old Lolomanaia “Lolo” Soakai was killed in Oakland after Oakland Police Department officers Walid Abdelaziz and Jimmy Marin-Coronel conducted an unauthorized high-speed “ghost chase” along International Boulevard. Soakai was an uninvolved bystander who had stopped at a taco truck with his mother and other family members after a graduation celebration.
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At approximately 1:51 a.m., Abdelaziz and Marin-Coronel saw a 19-year-old driver doing donuts in a Nissan 350Z on International Boulevard. The officers began pursuing the car. According to court records and subsequently released video evidence, they did not obtain the required authorization from a supervisor, did not radio the pursuit to dispatch, and pursued without activating their emergency lights and sirens.
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Oakland's pursuit policy sharply restricted vehicle pursuits because of the danger they pose to the public. At the time, officers generally could pursue when they reasonably suspected a person had committed a violent forcible crime or had probable cause to believe the person possessed a firearm. The sideshow-related driving that prompted Abdelaziz and Marin-Coronel to follow the Nissan did not meet those criteria.
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The officers nevertheless continued pursuing the Nissan through populated Oakland streets. Court records describe speeds exceeding 60 mph and reports of speeds reaching approximately 100 mph. Because the officers did not use lights or sirens or notify dispatch, the pursuit became what has been described in the litigation as a “ghost chase.”
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Soakai, meanwhile, was at a taco truck in the 5400 block of International Boulevard with his mother, Lavinia Soakai, and relatives. They had attended a graduation celebration and stopped for food. Soakai was not involved in the sideshow, the police activity or the pursuit.
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The fleeing car went out of control and crashed into parked cars and motorcycles near the taco truck. The collision created a violent chain reaction. One of the motorcycles was thrown into the air and came down on Soakai, crushing him. He died from his injuries.
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Soakai's mother suffered a broken back. His cousins and other relatives were also injured in the crash. The August 2026 settlement ultimately compensated Lavinia Soakai, Daniel Fifita, Ina Lavalu and Samieuela Finau for injuries and losses arising from the incident.
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Evidence concerning the officers' actions after the crash became a major component of the subsequent civil-rights litigation. Abdelaziz and Marin-Coronel left the crash scene without reporting their involvement in the pursuit or summoning medical assistance, according to court records, the family's lawsuit and video evidence later made public. They subsequently circled back to the crash after other police and emergency personnel responded.
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Body-camera evidence showed that the officers returned while presenting themselves as though they had not caused the pursuit that preceded the crash. A witness later approached the officers and reported seeing a police car chasing the Nissan. According to the subsequently released video and court filings, the officers looked at each other, told the witness to leave, and turned off their body cameras again.
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Court records and body-camera evidence also established that one of the officers made a remark expressing hope that the fleeing driver would die. The officers did not disclose the unauthorized pursuit to their supervisor as required.
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According to a 2026 court filing accompanying newly released video evidence, the officers later reviewed body-camera footage of their pursuit and categorized the recording as accidental, a classification that would cause it to be automatically deleted. The footage was ultimately preserved and became evidence in the litigation.
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The Oakland Police Department discovered the officers' involvement. Then-Chief Leronne Armstrong moved to terminate them, and both officers were relieved of their police powers. In 2023, they received termination letters but remained employed on administrative leave while disciplinary and legal proceedings continued.
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A civilian police oversight investigation subsequently produced sustained misconduct findings related to Abdelaziz and Marin-Coronel. The Community Police Review Agency sustained findings in ten categories, including findings involving truthfulness, general conduct and reporting violations.
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Soakai's family and injured relatives filed a federal civil-rights and wrongful-death lawsuit against Oakland and the officers. The litigation challenged not merely the occurrence of the crash but the officers' decision to undertake a high-speed pursuit that was prohibited by departmental policy and their conduct during and after the fatal collision.
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The case produced an important appellate ruling in May 2025. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held at that stage of the litigation that Abdelaziz and Marin-Coronel were not entitled to qualified immunity on the plaintiffs' substantive due-process theories. The court allowed the claims arising from the allegedly reckless pursuit to proceed.
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Abdelaziz and Marin-Coronel subsequently asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. They argued, among other things, that bystanders injured by a fleeing driver should not have a Fourteenth Amendment claim against pursuing police unless the officers intended to harm the bystanders. The Supreme Court declined to take the case in March 2026.
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Both officers left the Oakland Police Department before the civil litigation concluded. Marin-Coronel resigned effective 03/26/2025 and Abdelaziz resigned effective 03/27/2025. Oakland police reported that their names had been submitted to California POST in connection with decertification proceedings, although as of early 2026 the POST matters remained pending.
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In August 2026, the City of Oakland agreed to pay $17 million to resolve the claims arising from the fatal pursuit. The settlement is being paid to Soakai's mother, Lavinia Soakai, and relatives Daniel Fifita, Ina Lavalu and Samieuela Finau.
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The settlement came approximately four years after Soakai's death and after years of litigation over whether the officers and city could be held civilly responsible for injuries caused when the person being pursued crashed into uninvolved bystanders.
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The fleeing driver later pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter. In May 2026, he was sentenced to two years in state prison and was subsequently released on parole, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
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The $17 million settlement represents the final major civil disposition arising from the unauthorized pursuit: Soakai was an uninvolved bystander, the pursuit violated Oakland's restrictions on police chases, both pursuing officers received termination notices and later resigned, civilian investigators sustained misconduct findings, the Ninth Circuit allowed the constitutional claims against the officers to proceed, the U.S. Supreme Court declined review, and Oakland ultimately agreed to compensate Soakai's surviving family members and injured relatives.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Walid Abdelaziz and Jimmy Marin-Coronel were rookie Oakland police officers at the time of the fatal pursuit. Both were directly involved in initiating and continuing the unauthorized pursuit that preceded Soakai's death.
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Both officers were relieved of their police powers following the incident. Oakland moved to fire them, and termination letters were issued in 2023. Civilian investigators sustained multiple misconduct findings connected to the incident, including findings involving truthfulness and reporting requirements.
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The officers remained on administrative leave while contesting the disciplinary process. Marin-Coronel resigned from OPD effective 03/26/2025 and Abdelaziz resigned effective 03/27/2025. OPD reported submitting both officers' names to California POST in 2022, but the decertification matters were still listed as pending investigations when KTVU checked in 2026.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-pay-police-ghost-chase-victims-17m
https://www.ktvu.com/news/new-video-released-oakland-police-ghost-chase-led-death-bystander
https://www.ktvu.com/news/9th-circuit-oakland-police-can-be-held-responsible-injuring-bystanders-reckless-pursuits
https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-officers-take-fatal-ghost-chase-case-supreme-court
https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-decides-to-terminate-2-officers-after-deadly-unauthorized-chase-sources
https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-police-commission-investigators-find-2-officers-not-truthful-violated-policies-after-deadly-chase
https://www.ktvu.com/news/family-of-tongan-man-killed-during-oakland-police-chase-files-wrongful-death-suit
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-9th-circuit/117277515.html
https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/08/13/oakland-police-chase-17-million-settlement/

A Michigan State Trooper with his lights and siren activated sped through an intersection and hit a vehicle, killing the passenger. Trooper Michael Fox was indicated on manslaughter. The identity of the deceased passenger was not disclosed.

https://www.9and10news.com/2022/11/09/michigan-state-police-trooper-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/

Texas DPS chased Jesus Barcenas from Diboll to Lufkin and ultimately ended when Barcenas lost control, drove into a tree, and died as a result of the police chase.

https://lufkindailynews.com/news/local/article_960e5680-8e6f-59ec-b5d8-2ae20167cfd7.html

Officer Alexis Acosta ran a red light and hit and killed Terry Harrell who was on a scooter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TfwzWe5niU

https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/video-graphic-footage-released-of-scooter-driver-colliding-with-patrol-car

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-fatal-baltimore-police-scooter-crash-20220712-3ukgsugmlna7faokdueh3p52iu-story.html

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper chased a vehicle for unknown reasons. The vehicle stopped, let two females out and then backed into the police vehicle and took off again. Police escalated a high-speed chase that ended when the vehicle crashed into a bystander vehicle. The driver who had been pursued who was identified only as a 33 year old man died.

https://www.tampabeacon.com/hillsborough_county/crime_crashes_fires/driver-initiates-chase-killed-in-accident-near-airport/article_7c044fe2-f0cd-11ec-91cc-2356438d3405.html

Florida Highway Patrol spotted a 2003 Lexus ES300 being driven erratically along Interstate 275 near milepost 30 and attempted a traffic stop. The driver fled at a high speed across the Howard Frankland and stopped the car at Tampa International Airport, where two adult women got out of the car. Then the driver “intentionally” reversed the car and collided with the front of a trooper patrol car and drove south and struck a Chevy Silverado nearly head-on. The truck driver sustained minor injuries. The driver of the Lexus later died at a hospital.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/breaking-news/2022/06/18/man-dead-after-high-speed-chase-near-tampa-airport/

https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/st-pete-man-killed-after-high-speed-chase-ends-in-crash-fhp-says/

LAPD chased an allegedly stolen Toyota Avalon in the Florence neighborhood when the driver fled at high rate of speed. Police chased the vehicle but stayed farther back but apparently did not abandon the chase when the vehicle struck and killed pedestrian Marquin Nwude whose legs were severed during the crash.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/pedestrian-struck-killed-at-end-of-stolen-vehicle-pursuit-in-south-l-a/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/south-la-downey-pursuit-pedestrian-killed/2919581/

U.S. Park Police and D.C. police chased James Darien Herndon, 29, into a crash in the 2700 block of Benning Road, Northeast near the Anacostia Freeway. His family demanded the dashcam video and clarification why this happened.

https://wtop.com/dc/2022/07/a-fatal-crash-during-a-police-chase-in-d-c-leaves-a-hyattsville-md-family-saying-wheres-the-video/

Police tried to traffic-stop Rachael Marie Powers. They did not say what led to the traffic stop, but they said Powers drove off and escalated a chase that ended at the intersection at Gum Branch Road and Williamsburg Parkway and hit another vehicle. She died.

https://www.witn.com/2022/06/16/police-woman-dead-after-crashing-into-other-vehicle-jacksonville-police-chase/

A Callaway County deputy saw a vehicle, driving too fast and escalated a chase which increase the speed even more. The chase continued until the vehicle crashed, and Philip Croom died.

https://whopam.com/2022/06/14/murray-man-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-at-end-of-pursuit/

Grant County deputies escalated a chase against Jeremy Swygart on a motorcycle because he was allegedly driving too fast. The chase continued until he crashed into a police vehicle that appeared in front of him and died.

https://www.wbiw.com/2022/06/13/marion-man-dies-after-crashing-during-a-pursuit-with-sheriff-deputies/

Officer Thomas Goggins was speeding and killed a Ofelia Nunez and seriously injured her husband. The officer claimed that he was chasing a speeding vehicle.

The attorney for the family said that the officer was on his way to pick up pizza. Officer Goggins resigned and was charged with 2 misdemeanor moving violations.

https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/attorney-deputy-wasnt-chasing-speeder-before-deadly-crash/

Police chased a vehicle until it crashed, killing 2 people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKmiAfrUBWY

Police chased a vehicle until it crashed, killing 2 people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKmiAfrUBWY