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Michael Shane Carver was shot and killed by a Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy after dragging him through a field while fleeing a traffic stop.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/suspect-shot-killed-officer-involved-shooting-lincolnton-deputies-say/5WVSD3CL5NFDBDVWL4QMNIU5SA/

https://www.wbtv.com/2022/02/05/suspect-shot-killed-after-deputy-drug-through-field-lincoln-co/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2022-02-06/north-carolina-deputy-kills-man-trying-to-flee-traffic-stop

Cynthia Coe, 55, was driving down the street in her Hyundai Electra on January 31, 2022, she was hit head-on and killed by a vehicle owned by Lumberton PD that had been chasing another driver. The chase had started when police spotted a vehicle reported stolen earlier that day. Cynthia Coe’s passenger was seriously injured.

https://www.wbtw.com/news/state-regional-news/lumberton/1-dead-2-injured-after-police-chase-ends-in-crash-in-lumberton/

Tennessee Highway Patrol escalated a chase of a vehicle. The driver, Kala Michele Lamb, fled and accidentally veered into oncoming traffic, hitting another car head-on. She died in the crash. Her passenger and the third-party driver of the other vehicle were taken to the hospital with injuries. Tennessee Highway Patrol did not give a reason why she was being chased.

https://www.wate.com/video/1-killed-2-injured-in-anderson-county-crash/4116863/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2022-01-31/1-dead-2-injured-following-police-pursuit-in-east-tennessee

Elijah Charles Morley, 22, was driving through unincorporated Anderson County when a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper initiated a chase across multiple roads and ending with both the trooper and Morley crashing near the intersection of Mountain Road and Highway 441. Morley was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Dustin died at the hospital. Police did not disclose the reasons they initiated the fatal chase.

https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/2022/01/31/vehicle-being-pursued-thp-crashes-driver-killed/9282275002/

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/01/31/one-dead-two-injured-including-thp-trooper-following-police-chase-anderson-co/

https://www.wate.com/news/da-driver-identified-in-fatal-thp-involved-chase/#:~:text=On%20Sunday%2C%20Jan.,trooper%20was%20Trooper%20Austin%20Dean

Elijah Charles Morley, 22, was driving through unincorporated Anderson County when a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper initiated a chase across multiple roads and ending with both the trooper and Morley crashing near the intersection of Mountain Road and Highway 441. Morley was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Dustin Dienst died at the hospital. Police did not disclose the reasons they initiated the fatal chase

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/02/09/second-suspect-dies-following-anderson-co-police-chase/

https://oakridgetoday.com/tag/dustin-dienst/

Carroll County deputy Noah Rainey and civilian sheriff's employee Dane Northcutt were driving to a backup call on Route 26 when for unknown reasons, the patrol car left the road and hit a utility pole, killing both the deputy and Dane Gregory Northcutt. No other vehicles were involved. It is unknown how fast the officer was driving.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/25902-deputy-sheriff-noah-rainey

Ashley Ross, 30, was driving in Solano on January 28, 2022 when she was reportedly hit by a car being chased at high speed by a Solano PD vehicle. She died as a result. It is not known whether the car being chased was stolen.

https://napavalleyregister.com/community/eagle/news/police-driver-dies-from-fatal-crash-on-interstate-80-after-leading-american-canyon-officers-on/article_35b6d438-17cd-5d29-8b29-52f55c6466f7.html

https://napavalleyregister.com/community/eagle/news/oakland-woman-identified-as-driver-who-died-after-american-canyon-police-pursuit-and-crash/article_54db61ac-94d3-5dfd-a6c6-679d0e87361e.html

Whitfield County deputies saw a silver BMW driven by Jeffrey Thomas drive too fast and commit traffic infractions and began a high-speed chase on I-75. An officer initiated a PIT maneuver at high speeds, causing the BMW to run off the road, hit a guardrail, flip over and eject Thomas who died as a result. No record can be found at this time that Mr. Thomas had been accused of anything other than speed.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fleeing-driver-dies-after-chase-with-georgia-state-patrol-north-georgia/APAGDY2PQRGQZCIR2ILPSDPQEE/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2022-01-24/man-dies-after-georgia-trooper-rams-his-vehicle-in-chase

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/family-demands-answers-after-24-year-old-is-killed-in-catoosa-county-pit-maneuver-chase

An LAPD helicopter and an unknown presence of squad cars hunted a fleeing motorcycle at high speed until the driver crashed at 130 mph and died. The motorcycle had been alerted as stolen by the squad car’s ALPR license plate reader.

https://twitter.com/kcalnews/status/1484279564423483395

https://nypost.com/2022/01/20/motorcymotorcyclist-fleeing-lapd-dies-in-horrendous-crashclist-killed-in-lapd-pursuit/

This is the second crash fatality from the accident involving officer Carille Cortez Jones of Memphis PD whose cruiser collided with an unknown blue car whose driver was widely reported as having been killed but was never named by the PD.

Police Officer CJ Jones was killed in a vehicle crash at the intersection of East Shelby Drive and Pleasant Hill Road at about 2:30 am. He was responding to a call when colliding with 2 other vehicles with significant impact and speed unknown. The driver of one of the other cars was killed. This page is dedicated to that motorist.

https://tri-statedefender.com/remembering-officer-cj-jones/01/31/

On 01/20/2022, Florida Highway Patrol troopers attempted to stop a vehicle near FL-2 and County Road 127 in Sanderson. The driver continued driving and troopers escalated a pursuit. During the chase, the vehicle left the roadway and crashed. Twenty-three-year-old Hunter Combs died at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash. Authorities reviewed the pursuit under standard protocol.

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/baker-county-driver-killed-after-fhp-pursuit/
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/01/20/driver-dies-after-crash-following-fhp-pursuit-in-baker-county/

San Diego PD chased a 30-year-old motorcyclist until a crash occurred as a result in City Heights“at a high rate of speed” shortly before 2 a.m. as part of a traffic stop. Police escalated a chase and the motorcycle crashed at the 3300 block of Lincoln Avenuewhere the motorcyclist was ejected from the bike, hit a metal guardrail and died at the scene. He has not been publicly identified and police did not elaborate why they had initiated this fatal crash over a failed traffic stop.

https://fox5sandiego.com/traffic/motorcyclist-dies-in-crash-during-police-chase/

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2022-01-20/motorcycle-rider-dies-after-crashing-while-fleeing-police-in-city-heights

Charles County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to initiate a traffic stop, allege that the car pulled into a parking lot but reversed. The car left the parking lot at a high rate of speed and deputies escalated a chase which led to a crash with a third-party vehicle. The fleeing driver was injured but third-party driver Inga Pearson, 52, of Washington, DC was found near her vehicle with life-threatening injuries and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/officer-and-victim-identified-in-fatal-police-chase-crash/

https://www.somdnews.com/independent/news/local/woman-who-died-after-charles-police-chase-identified/article_ef0faa5f-c25a-5f58-8044-bd3b713058d0.html

https://wtop.com/charles-county/2022/02/dashboard-camera-footage-shows-police-chase-thats-being-investigated-by-maryland-ag-office/

Baldwin County deputies were on foot patrol at 1:30 a.m. and saw a "suspicious person" walking on the road. When deputies approached him, he allegedly produced a gun and fired at deputies. Two deputies shot and killed him. No verification of this police narrative is possible on open records search.

https://mynbc15.com/news/local/large-law-enforcement-presence-shuts-down-county-rd-47-in-perdido

Houston PD attempted to traffic-stop a vehicle that continued to speed. Police escalated a chase, allege that they “lost sight of” a vehicle and came upon it crashed against a tree. A man who was the sole occupant was dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QZ5bEbIn6Y

According to the LaGrange Police Department, at about 3 p.m. Friday in LaGrange one of its officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by a man wanted for an unnamed offense. The person took off and police chased the man east of LaGrange on U.S. 20. East of the intersection of U.S. 20 and S.R. 3, the vehicle crashed, overturned and Daniel T. Olson was ejected from the vehicle and was later pronounced dead.

https://www.kpcnews.com/newssun/article_bce748fd-901c-5689-bfa6-e795809899f9.html

https://www.21alivenews.com/2022/01/16/one-dead-crash-indiana-toll-road/

A Forsyth County deputy alleged that he saw Randall Mize operating a vehicle unsafely. The deputy attempted a stop but the car sped off at a high rate of speed. Police escalated a chase and he crashed and died.

https://www.appenmedia.com/public_safety/driver-dies-in-crash-following-police-chase/article_dd66b98a-77ad-11ec-a07d-8ffe093b9123.html

On January 13, 2022, a sheriff’s deputy in Louisiana was pursuing a robbery suspect when the deputy’s patrol car collided with the vehicle of a woman who was uninvolved in the pursuit. The impact killed the woman at the scene and injured two children who were in the vehicle with her. The deputy was also injured and hospitalized. The case was turned over to state authorities for investigation to determine whether pursuit protocols were properly followed.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-dead-children-injured-car-crash-deputy-chasing/story?id=82249303

Henderson Police were involved in a fatal pedestrian crash around 7:30 p.m. in the area of Boulder Highway and Tulip Falls Drive. An on-duty Henderson Police Department officer was reportedly traveling southbound in the area when they hit a female pedestrian. The Clark County coroner did not publicly identify her. Officer Shipp who was driving the police vehicle has a previous misconduct record.

https://ericroylawfirm.com/las-vegas-nv-woman-killed-in-boulder-hwy-pedestrian-wreck-involving-police-cruiser/

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/police-id-on-duty-officer-who-hit-woman-crossing-boulder-highway-las-vegas/

https://www.ktnv.com/traffic/traffic-shut-down-on-boulder-highway-at-gibson-road-after-crash

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/henderson/henderson-police-identify-officer-who-struck-killed-pedestrian-2513035/

A Houston PD deputy was chasing a robbery suspect and speeding when he drove through an intersection and crashed with another car, starting a chain reaction of 7 vehicles being involved in the crash. Autrey Faith Simone Davis was killed and two children, about 5 and 3 years old, were injured with the oldest being in critical condition. The 3-year-old died later.

https://www.kolotv.com/2022/01/13/police-chase-ends-with-deadly-7-car-crash-houston/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-dead-children-injured-car-crash-deputy-chasing/story?id=82249303

A Houston PD deputy was chasing a robbery suspect and speeding when he drove through an intersection and crashed with another car, starting a chain reaction of 7 vehicles being involved in the crash. Autrey Faith Simone Davis was killed and two children, about 5 and 3 years old, were injured with the oldest being in critical condition. The 3-year-old died later.

https://www.kolotv.com/2022/01/13/police-chase-ends-with-deadly-7-car-crash-houston/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-dead-children-injured-car-crash-deputy-chasing/story?id=82249303

Lumberton police chase vehicle for unknown reasons at high speed until it struck a KFC sign and ejected two of the three occupants of the vehicle. A 21-year old man sustained life-threatening injuries and was flown to the hospital with unknown survival outcome. A 33-year-old man, Anthony Gerald, was killed.

https://www.wmbfnews.com/2022/01/12/one-dead-two-injured-after-high-speed-chase-ends-crash-nc/

On 01/12/2022, Kansas Highway Patrol troopers pursued a vehicle near US-50 and Road F in Gray County. Troopers escalated the chase after the driver continued driving. During the pursuit, the vehicle crashed. Twenty-seven-year-old Megan Triplett, who was riding in the vehicle, died from injuries sustained in the collision. Authorities reviewed the pursuit under department policy.

https://www.kake.com/story/45638357/passenger-dies-after-highway-patrol-pursuit-in-gray-county
https://www.ksn.com/news/local/passenger-killed-after-khp-pursuit-crash/

On 01/12/2022, off-duty Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Roelofs drove a pickup truck eastbound on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Clearwater. Prosecutors allege Roelofs was driving under the influence and at excessive speed when he lost control of his vehicle, crossed the median, and crashed head-on into another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The violent impact crushed the passenger compartment of the oncoming vehicle and killed 33-year-old Jessica Reisinger. Another victim in the struck vehicle was seriously injured.
Investigators reported Roelofs left the United States after the crash and traveled to Colombia. Authorities later arrested him and returned him to Florida to face charges. He is charged with DUI manslaughter and related offenses. In February 2026, jury selection began in his criminal trial. Prosecutors allege reckless driving, intoxication, and extreme speed caused the fatal collision. Defense attorneys dispute the degree of impairment and causation.

https://www.aol.com/news/trial-begins-ex-deputy-accused-233931650.html

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department chased a stolen vehicle into a crash at the intersection of Tuckaseegee Road and Daleview Drive killing third party motorist Micky Brown while 2 passengers in his car were seriously injured.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/teen-faces-murder-charge-after-car-chase-ends-deadly-west-charlotte-crash-officials-say/GV6VTJBOMJDJDM4PYAIW4SE56Q/

https://www.thelegaladvocate.com/news/breaking/micky-brown-killed-tuckaseegee-road-daleview-drive-charlotte

Saul Betancourt was on River Road and Villa Manuchua Road in Newman, making a left turn across the intersection when officer Eric Fulmer crashed into him at 120 miles an hour without lights or a siren in fog. The district attorney nevertheless refused to prosecute the officer.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/stanislaus-county-deputy-who-was-going-over-120-mph-before-deadly-crash-fired/

https://amp.sanluisobispo.com/news/california/article273556820.html

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/style/stanislaus-deputy-found-primarily-fault-120000516.html#:~:text=Meanwhile%2C%20Betancourt's%20parents%20and%20his,for%20wrongful%20death%20and%20negligence.

Britni Griffin and Ky’Air Lucus, age 1, were killed Friday after a police chase caused a crash on I-80 in Gary, Indiana. Police allege that another car was speeding and weaving in between lanes when he lost control, hit a semi, spun across all lanes and collided with another tractor trailer around 11:32 a.m. in the westbound lanes near mile marker 5.7. The impact of the crash ejected a 20-year-old woman who was riding in the front passenger seat and she and an infant in a car seat were both pronounced dead on the scene. She had been thrown more than 100 feet and her head was found elsewhere on the freeway. Lake County sheriff's deputies state the reason for the chase was that they had tried to stop the car for speeding in downtown Gary.

https://abc7chicago.com/gary-crash-today-i-80-police-chase/11438441/

Britni Griffin and Ky’Air Lucas, age 1, were killed Friday after a police chase caused a crash on I-80 in Gary, Indiana. Police allege that another car was speeding and weaving in between lanes when he lost control, hit a semi, spun across all lanes and collided with another tractor trailer around 11:32 a.m. in the westbound lanes near mile marker 5.7. The impact of the crash ejected a 20-year-old woman who was riding in the front passenger seat and she and an infant in a car seat were both pronounced dead on the scene.
Lake County sheriff's deputies state the reason for the chase was that they had tried to stop the car for speeding in downtown Gary.

https://abc7chicago.com/gary-crash-today-i-80-police-chase/11438441/

Rochester PD chased a vehicle across town, causing a fatal crash on East Main Street in downtown Rochester on Jan. 7, 2022. The Jeep being chased slammed into an uninvolved vehicle at St. Paul and East Main streets, killing one driver and seriously injuring a passenger. The chase had been the result of a Shotspotter alert to policewhich prompted the chase. Third party motorist Benjie Martinez was killed as a result

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/01/07/one-dead-another-injured-crash-st-paul-east-main-rochester-ny/9127926002/

https://13wham.com/news/local/parolee-indicted-for-manslaughter-following-rochester-chase-and-fatal-crash-in-january

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/crime/1-dead-1-seriously-injured-following-a-major-crash-on-e-main-st-in-rochester

David Downing was chased for a traffic violation near Ida Grove. He lost control near the Crawford Creek Recreation area and struck a tree, rolled his vehicle several times and he was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. It is unclear why he fled and why police chased him for such a lengthy dangerous stretch for an alleged traffic infraction

https://www.hopelawfirm.com/blog/2022/january/news-driver-killed-in-police-pursuit-crash-in-ba/

https://who13.com/news/man-killed-in-crash-after-pursuit-in-ida-county-iowa-state-patrol-says/

https://www.newsbreak.com/iowa-state/2476797952156-man-killed-in-crash-after-pursuit-in-ida-county-iowa-state-patrol-says

On 01/03/2022, Brittany Webb, 28, was driving a Honda Accord when she was struck head-on by a man chased by police from a traffic stop initiated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers for a tinted license plate cover. The chase went the wrong way on Statesville Avenue, before colliding with Webb’s vehicle. Webb suffered critical injuries and died on 01/21/2022 after nearly three weeks on life support. A civil lawsuit filed by Webb’s family is ongoing.

• https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article308510320.html
• https://www.wbtv.com/2022/01/26/woman-seriously-injured-after-man-fleeing-police-crashes-into-her-charlotte/
• https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/cmpd-release-video-deadly-chase-crash/275-9cc085fd-4175-4147-8fcb-6ad0814d7c63

On Jan. 3, 2022 during rush-hour on Statesville Road, Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD undertook a risky chase of another driver who crashed into third party motorist Brittany Ciarra Webb, killing her. The fleeing driver was charged in her death while the role of police in escalating the chase was not scrutinized.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/investigations/police-pursuits-record-number-innocent-victims-killed/275-ec245680-4937-4346-aaba-008ed5f7fd77

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_c0lXVcfFU

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
Several observed moving violations.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/27/2021, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Punxsutawney Borough Police Department officers attempted to stop a red 2011 Dodge Caliber driven by 53-year-old Robert Michael George for several observed moving violations. George continued driving away while police escalated a high-speed chase south on State Route 119 from Punxsutawney toward Big Run.
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At approximately 10:45 p.m., the chase reached Big Run. As George attempted a left turn onto Main Street, the Dodge failed to remain in its lane and crashed into the Best Kawasaki motorcycle dealership at 100 East Main Street. The impact caused extensive structural damage to the building. George was pronounced dead following the crash.
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George, a Big Run resident originally from Hamburg, New York, worked at Sensus Metering Systems in DuBois. He had previously worked as a nursing-home caregiver and in construction and remodeling.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality, 0 reported injuries.
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DISPOSITION:
Pennsylvania State Police investigated the fatal crash. No subsequent criminal charge or disciplinary disposition against an involved officer was located.
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LITIGATION:
None found.

https://gantnews.com/2021/12/29/explorejefferson-big-run-man-dies-following-high-speed-police-chase-crashes-into-local-dealership/

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/punxsutawneyspirit/name/robert-george-obituary?id=32033633

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
Officer Mark Sohn attempted to stop Davis for allegedly riding a dirt bike recklessly on public streets. Davis was not alleged to have committed a forcible felony, although Boynton Beach Police Department policy permitted vehicle pursuits only when police reasonably believed a person fleeing had committed a forcible felony.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/26/2021, shortly before 1:00 p.m., 13-year-old Stanley “SJ” Davis III was riding a new Honda CRF450R-S dirt bike in Boynton Beach. Davis stopped at a Chevron station at 217 North Federal Highway, where surveillance video showed him fueling the motorcycle and paying for the gas. Officer Mark Sohn located Davis there and attempted to stop him after police alleged Davis had been riding recklessly on public streets. Davis drove away and Sohn escalated a high-speed chase north on Federal Highway.
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The subsequent Boynton Beach Police Department Internal Affairs investigation determined that Sohn accelerated to approximately 79–85 mph in a 35-mph zone while following Davis, who was traveling at approximately 85 mph. Investigators found that both Davis and Sohn traveled at times on the wrong side of the roadway and into oncoming traffic. Sohn later maintained that he was not conducting a pursuit and was merely monitoring Davis’s direction of travel, but Internal Affairs rejected that explanation as unsupported by the evidence and determined that Sohn had violated the department’s pursuit policy.
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Less than a mile from the gas station, near North Federal Highway and Northeast 8th Avenue, Davis lost control of the dirt bike, struck a median curb, was ejected and struck a sign in the median. He died at the scene. The Florida Highway Patrol concluded that there was no physical contact between Sohn’s police vehicle and Davis’s motorcycle.
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Davis was a seventh-grade student at Congress Middle School and the only son of Shannon Thompson and Stanley Davis Jr. His family said the dirt bike was a Christmas present and that he had gone out to get gas when the encounter with Sohn occurred.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality, 0 reported injuries.
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EYEWITNESS OR FAMILY STATEMENTS:
Davis’s mother, Shannon Thompson, disputed the characterization of the encounter as an ordinary attempted traffic stop and said her son had gone out only to get gas and was afraid of Sohn. Davis’s parents maintained that Sohn’s pursuit caused their son’s death and argued that Sohn should already have been removed from policing because of his history of improper pursuits. Civil-rights attorneys Benjamin Crump, Jasmine Rand and Sue-Ann Robinson argued that pursuing a 13-year-old for riding a dirt bike fell outside the department’s forcible-felony pursuit policy and asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the department.
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DISPOSITION:
The Florida Highway Patrol completed its traffic-homicide investigation in March 2022 and concluded that Davis was traveling approximately 85 mph, that Sohn’s vehicle did not physically contact the motorcycle, and that no criminal charges would be filed. A separate Boynton Beach Police Department Internal Affairs investigation reached a materially different conclusion regarding Sohn’s conduct: investigators found that Sohn violated the department’s vehicle-pursuit policy and other departmental rules, demonstrated poor judgment, and attempted to conceal the existence of the pursuit. The city fired Sohn in August 2022.
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In May 2024, an arbitrator agreed that the city had established that Sohn violated the pursuit policy but ruled that termination was too severe and ordered him reinstated without back pay, benefits or seniority for the period he was terminated. The city subsequently challenged the reinstatement.
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LITIGATION:
On 11/15/2022, Stanley Davis Jr., Shannon Thompson and the Estate of Stanley Davis III filed a federal civil-rights and wrongful-death lawsuit against Mark Sohn and the City of Boynton Beach in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Case No. 9:22-cv-81773. The lawsuit alleged that Sohn’s reckless and unlawful pursuit caused Davis’s death and that the city knew of Sohn’s history of improper pursuits and failed to prevent further harm.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Mark Sohn had an extensive documented disciplinary history involving vehicle pursuits before Davis’s death. Boynton Beach Internal Affairs reported that he had previously been disciplined three times for violating pursuit policy, including suspensions. The investigation into Davis’s death concluded that Sohn again violated pursuit policy and stated that his repeated violations unnecessarily endangered the public and other officers.
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Sohn had also been involved in at least two earlier fatal pursuits. In 2012, Sohn pursued Cyrus Deal at speeds exceeding 100 mph before Deal crashed and died; the pursuit was found to violate department policy and Sohn received a one-day unpaid suspension. In 2016, Sohn pursued a vehicle over an expired license plate; the driver crashed and killed 5-year-old pedestrian Jayden Readon. The city later agreed to pay Readon’s family $300,000 to settle litigation arising from that unauthorized pursuit.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/04/01/fhp-officer-wont-be-charged-after-13-year-old-boy-died-during-chase/
https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boynton-beach/13-year-old-boynton-beach-dirt-bike-rider-was-driving-recklessly-at-85-mph-fhp-report-concludes
https://www.wflx.com/2022/08/25/internal-affairs-report-shows-why-boynton-beach-police-officer-was-terminated/
https://www.wpbf.com/article/mark-sohn-internal-affairs-report-stanley-davis-boynton-beach-police/40984507
https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boynton-beach/officer-mark-sohn-fired
https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boynton-beach/attorney-benjamin-crump-files-complaint-with-department-of-justice-concerning-death-of-boynton-beach-teen
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/boynton-beach-family-officer-termination-police-chase/
https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/family-calls-for-boynton-beach-officer-with-alleged-list-of-prior-bad-behavior-to-be-fired/
https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-boynton-beach-dirt-bike-crash-stanley-davis-family-lawsuit/42026878
https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boynton-beach/mark-sohn-wrongful-death-lawsuit
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/florida/flsdce/9%3A2022cv81773/623672
https://www.wflx.com/2024/05/29/fired-boynton-beach-police-officer-should-get-job-back-arbitrator-rules/
https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-boynton-beach-police-settlement-mark-sohn-reinstatement-appeal/65194946

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REASON WHY POLICE VEHICLE WAS SPEEDING:
Officer Christopher Cabrera was returning to his station after booking a DWI arrestee and was hurrying to complete paperwork and file charges. He was not responding to an emergency and did not have his emergency lights or siren activated.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/26/2021, at approximately 12:00 p.m., 75-year-old Charles Payne Sr. was driving south on North Shepherd Drive after leaving a Sunday church service. Payne approached Thornton Road in his Cadillac CTS, signaled and began making a left turn across the northbound lanes. Houston Police Department Officer Christopher Cabrera was driving a marked police SUV north on North Shepherd Drive.
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Cabrera was not responding to an emergency and was driving without emergency lights or siren. Vehicle data and subsequent court proceedings established that Cabrera reached approximately 70 mph on the 35-mph roadway. Immediately before the collision, Cabrera was traveling approximately twice the speed limit and had looked down at his police laptop. The Fifth Circuit later stated that if Cabrera had been traveling at the speed limit, the collision would not have occurred.
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Cabrera's police SUV struck Payne's Cadillac as Payne turned across the northbound lanes. Surveillance footage showed the violent impact sending Payne's Cadillac onto the sidewalk and approximately a block down the roadway, while Cabrera's police SUV struck a concrete pole. Payne suffered severe injuries and was transported to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, where he died. Cabrera sustained minor injuries.
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Payne was a father of seven and grandfather who had just left The Community of Faith Church before the crash. His family said he regularly attended Sunday services there and was driving home when Cabrera struck him.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality, 1 Injury.
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EYEWITNESS OR FAMILY STATEMENTS:
Payne's family maintained from the beginning that Cabrera's excessive speed caused the crash and demanded accountability from HPD. The family later alleged in federal court that Payne's death reflected a broader departmental practice that permitted officers to speed without emergency lights or sirens and without adequate consequences. A federal jury ultimately agreed that the City of Houston's policies demonstrated deliberate indifference to public safety.
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DISPOSITION:
HPD relieved Cabrera of duty while the crash was investigated. A Harris County grand jury subsequently considered a potential criminally negligent homicide charge and returned a no bill, declining to indict him. HPD suspended Cabrera for 45 days without pay and required two days of remedial traffic-safety training. He was not criminally charged.
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LITIGATION:
Payne's widow Harriet Payne and seven children pursued litigation against Cabrera and the City of Houston. The federal action, Payne et al. v. City of Houston, Texas et al., Case No. 4:23-cv-04686, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on 12/15/2023. In March 2024, the court dismissed the federal civil-rights claim against Cabrera but allowed claims against the City to continue.
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The City attempted to obtain dismissal based on governmental immunity, but on 04/03/2025 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected that argument, concluding that Cabrera was not reacting to an emergency and that the allegations supported a finding of reckless conduct.
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In November 2025, following an eight-day federal trial, a jury found the City of Houston liable and awarded Payne's family $13 million. Evidence presented at trial included patrol-vehicle data indicating that Cabrera frequently drove substantially above posted speed limits on surface streets even when he was not responding to emergencies. Civil-rights attorney Ben Crump was among the attorneys representing Payne's family. The City subsequently challenged and appealed the verdict; that challenge remained ongoing in 2026.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Christopher Cabrera was 28 years old at the time of the crash. Evidence presented during the family's civil case included patrol-vehicle data indicating that Cabrera had repeatedly driven 20 to 30 mph above posted speed limits on surface streets when he was not responding to emergency calls. Cabrera testified that whether he regularly drove that far above the speed limit depended on the circumstances, stating, "We are in a city."

https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2021/dec/nr211228-02.htm
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/12/27/77-year-old-victim-killed-in-crash-involving-hpd-patrol-unit-identified-by-family/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/12/28/officer-relieved-of-duty-following-crash-that-killed-77-year-old-man-hpd-says/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/01/26/hpd-releases-body-camera-video-in-officer-involved-crash-that-killed-75-year-old-man/
https://abc13.com/post/hpd-officer-was-speeding-before-deadly-crash-2021-takes-stand-civil-trial/18152871/
https://abc13.com/18170282/
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/24-20150/24-20150-2025-04-03.html
https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/texas/txsdce/4%3A2023cv04686/1944948/20
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/texas/txsdce/4%3A2023cv04686/1944948
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/24/24-20150.0.pdf
https://abc13.com/post/houston-leaders-review-hpd-hfd-crash-response-following-charles-payne-lawsuit/18581655/

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
U.S. Border Patrol agents attempted to stop the vehicle after identifying it as part of a suspected migrant-smuggling operation near the Otay Mountain Wilderness.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/25/2021, shortly before 6:00 p.m., Kevin Antonio Quevedo-Moncada picked up three migrants, including 52-year-old Gaudencio Gerardo Luna-Vasquez, who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and were hiding in the Otay Mountain Wilderness in eastern San Diego County. Federal prosecutors later established that Quevedo-Moncada was participating in a migrant-smuggling operation and expected to be paid $2,000 to transport the passengers to Anaheim.
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At approximately 6:02 p.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a marked vehicle encountered the car near the Pio Pico RV Resort and Thousand Trails Campground and activated the patrol vehicle's emergency lights. Quevedo-Moncada initially appeared to slow before accelerating into the campground. A second Border Patrol agent positioned a marked patrol vehicle at the campground exit. At approximately 6:03 p.m., Quevedo-Moncada struck that Border Patrol vehicle and drove east onto Otay Lakes Road while agents pursued.
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Quevedo-Moncada continued driving at high speed along the dark, winding rural roadway in rainy and wet conditions. The pursuing Border Patrol agents lost sight of the vehicle. A subsequent California Highway Patrol crash reconstruction determined that Quevedo-Moncada reached approximately 93 mph while negotiating a curve with a posted speed limit of 35 mph. He lost control, drove off the roadway and down an embankment, and crashed into a tree.
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Luna-Vasquez and the two other passengers were ejected from the vehicle. Luna-Vasquez died at the scene. The other passengers, ages 19 and 29, were hospitalized in critical condition. One suffered a broken jaw, collapsed lung, eight fractured ribs, spleen and kidney injuries and required a medically induced coma before being stabilized. Quevedo-Moncada, who was not seriously injured, climbed through the windshield and ran from the crash scene before Border Patrol agents apprehended him.
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Federal prosecutors later determined that the fatal trip was connected to a larger migrant-smuggling organization headed by Felipe de Jesus Rosales-Herrera. Prosecutors said drivers working for the organization were instructed to flee if Border Patrol attempted to stop them, including by engaging in high-speed chases. The organization continued smuggling migrants after its members learned that Luna-Vasquez had been killed in this crash.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality, 2 Critical Injuries.
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DISPOSITION:
Quevedo-Moncada pleaded guilty in October 2022 to federal charges arising from the crash, including transportation of unauthorized migrants resulting in death and transportation resulting in serious bodily injury. On 02/03/2023, U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo sentenced him to 51 months in federal prison.
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The broader federal investigation subsequently resulted in prosecution of members of the smuggling organization connected to the trip. Rosales-Herrera pleaded guilty in 2024 to conspiracy charges involving an organization that prosecutors said smuggled more than 100 migrants and instructed drivers to flee from law enforcement.
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LITIGATION:
None found.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/human-smuggler-sentenced-51-months-fatal-christmas-day-crash
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-news/man-pleads-guilty-to-fatal-crash-during-police-chase-that-killed-migrant
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2022/10/03/smuggler-pleads-guilty-to-fatal-christmas-day-crash-that-killed-migrant/
https://apnews.com/article/55506a8b67f8a2aa26f1c294223b0e5d
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2024/07/11/ringleader-of-migrant-smuggling-operation-linked-to-2021-fatal-crash-pleads-guilty/
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2024/10/11/migrant-smuggling-ring-leader-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison/

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
The precise reason police allegedly initiated the pursuit has not been publicly disclosed. Enos’s sister said he had an outstanding bench warrant after missing a court date.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/20/2021, 28-year-old Patrick Enos Jr. was driving on Highway 11 in the Keaʻau area of Hawaiʻi Island when, according to his family and at least one witness who later spoke with them, Hawaiʻi Police Department officers allegedly pursued his vehicle. The existence and circumstances of the alleged pursuit were not disclosed in the original public police account of the fatal crash.
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According to the publicly released police account, Enos was speeding southbound on Highway 11 when he entered the intersection near Kipimana Street against a red traffic signal and collided with another vehicle. Enos died in the crash. Nearly four years later, reporting by Hawaii News Now revealed that his family had been told by at least one witness that police were chasing Enos before the collision. The family maintains that the alleged pursuit was a major contributing factor in his death.
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The original public reporting therefore described Enos as a speeding driver who ran a red light and crashed, without disclosing the family's allegation that his driving occurred during an active police pursuit. By November 2025, the Hawaiʻi Police Department declined to answer questions about the alleged pursuit because litigation was ongoing, while Enos's attorney said investigators had provided the family and legal team with few details about what police did before the crash.
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Enos was a father of four. His family described him as someone who enjoyed hunting, fishing and repairing cars and who routinely helped other people even when he and his own family were struggling.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality. Injuries to the driver of the other vehicle were not established in the available reporting.
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EYEWITNESS OR FAMILY STATEMENTS:
Enos's family said at least one witness told them that police were pursuing him before the fatal collision. His older sister, Patty Paiva, acknowledged that Enos should not have driven away from police but disputed the necessity of continuing a dangerous chase. The family questioned whether officers should have terminated the pursuit before it reached the circumstances that resulted in the fatal crash.
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Attorney Eric Seitz, representing the family, said the legal team still lacked critical information concerning why officers allegedly pursued Enos and why they continued the chase. Seitz specifically raised the issue of police pursuit policy, stating that officers should terminate a pursuit when continuing it creates excessive danger.
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DISPOSITION:
The circumstances and police conduct preceding Enos's death remained under investigation and litigation as of November 2025. Hawaiʻi Police Department declined to discuss the case because of the pending lawsuit. The Hawaiʻi Attorney General's Office had also been asked for information concerning its investigation, but no final public determination concerning police responsibility was reported.
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LITIGATION:
Enos's family filed litigation alleging that police conduct contributed to his fatal crash. Attorney Eric Seitz represented the family. As of November 2025, the lawsuit remained pending, with Seitz stating that the family wanted the matter moved toward trial or settlement and sought evidence necessary to determine whether police were legally responsible for Enos's death.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/12/family-questions-if-police-misconduct-led-deadly-2021-big-island-crash/
https://accidentdatacenter.com/roadway/highway-11-and-kipimana-street

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
Macomb Auto Theft Squad officers located a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup that had been reported stolen earlier that morning in Fraser. Officers established surveillance and attempted to arrest 41-year-old Vertese Steven Woods when he entered the truck.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/20/2021, at approximately 1:23 p.m., Macomb Auto Theft Squad officers were conducting surveillance of the stolen Dodge Ram parked on Main Street in Mount Clemens. When Woods entered the truck and started it, an officer moved an undercover police vehicle behind the truck to block it while another officer activated emergency lights, exited and ordered Woods to stop. Woods reversed the pickup into the undercover police vehicle, pushed it backward, drove over a curb and struck a parking meter before continuing away at high speed.
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As Woods drove over the curb, a pedestrian had to move out of the truck’s path and several people sitting at a picnic table or bench were also narrowly missed. Police lost sight of the truck and began searching the surrounding area. Authorities subsequently received reports that the pickup was being driven recklessly westbound on Hubbard Avenue.
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At approximately 1:26 p.m., only about three minutes after police attempted to arrest Woods, 911 callers reported a rollover crash at Cass Avenue and South Rose Street. Woods was traveling at approximately 80 mph when he ran a stop sign and struck the driver’s side of a Ford Fusion driven eastbound on Cass Avenue by 58-year-old Linda Jozefiak. The impact pushed Jozefiak’s car southeast, where it struck a curb and rolled onto its passenger side. The Dodge Ram also rolled, struck a utility pole and came to rest on its driver’s side.
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Jozefiak, a Harrison Township resident, was transported to McLaren Macomb Hospital, where she died from her injuries. Woods climbed from the crashed pickup and ran from the scene. Prosecutors alleged that he discarded his jacket and stole a child’s bicycle while attempting to escape before police arrested him.
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Jozefiak was remembered by people who knew her as a thoughtful and generous woman who regularly helped others. Harrison Township firefighters regarded her as part of their extended family, and her family requested memorial donations to the Macomb County Food Program.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality. No additional crash injuries were reported.
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DISPOSITION:
Woods was initially charged with 16 counts, including second-degree murder and first-degree fleeing police. Following a four-day jury trial, on 10/06/2023 a Macomb County jury convicted Woods of involuntary manslaughter, first-degree fleeing and eluding, operating with a suspended license causing death, receiving and concealing a stolen vehicle, failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, moving violation causing death, malicious destruction of property and larceny.
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Woods was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 10 to 15 years for involuntary manslaughter, first-degree fleeing and eluding, operating with a suspended license causing death and failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death, with additional concurrent sentences on the remaining convictions. On 02/26/2026, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed his convictions and sentences.
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LITIGATION:
None found.

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/roseville-man-charged-with-16-counts-for-a-fatal-crash-in-mt-clemens
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/12/22/roseville-man-faces-16-charges-after-woman-killed-in-crash-with-stolen-pickup-police-say/
https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/29528/fleeing_police_man_kills_motorist_steals_child_s_bike
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/man-accused-of-stealing-childs-bike-while-trying-to-flee-crash-that-killed-woman-in-mt-clemens
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/12/20/macomb-county-woman-killed-by-driver-who-fled-police-in-stolen-pickup-truck-officials-say/
https://www.macombgov.org/sites/default/files/files/2023-11/10_11_2023WoodsGuilty.pdf
https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2026/370157.html
 

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
A Chemung County Sheriff’s Office deputy observed Thigpen riding a 2018 Honda motorcycle at a high rate of speed on West Water Street. The motorcycle had been reported stolen from Ithaca.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/19/2021, at approximately 7:43 p.m., a Chemung County Sheriff’s Office deputy observed 36-year-old James Thigpen traveling east at a high rate of speed on West Water Street in West Elmira on a 2018 Honda motorcycle that had been reported stolen from Ithaca. The deputy attempted to stop the motorcycle.
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Thigpen initially slowed before turning the motorcycle around and traveling west on West Water Street against the direction of traffic. Police alleged they discontinued the pursuit, with the Sheriff’s Office reporting that the deputy did not continue following Thigpen and instead radioed the county Communications Center concerning the motorcycle.
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Shortly afterward, near West Water Street and Larchmont Road, Thigpen’s motorcycle collided with a 2016 Ford Fusion. Thigpen suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality. No additional injuries were reported in the available accounts.
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DISPOSITION:
No criminal charge or disciplinary finding against the deputy for the deputy’s role in initiating the attempted stop and alleged pursuit was located. The publicly available account identifies the deputy only as a Chemung County Sheriff’s Office deputy and states that police alleged they discontinued the pursuit before the fatal collision.
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LITIGATION:
None found.

https://www.stargazette.com/news/crime/chemung-county-motorcycle-crash-pursuit-deputy/
https://www.wetmtv.com/news/local-news/west-elmira-motorcycle-crash-fatality-chemung-county/
https://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2021/12/19/ithaca-man-killed-west-elmira-motorcycle-crash/

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
Pasco Police attempted to stop a pickup truck after receiving reports of a possible impaired driver.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/19/2021, Pasco Police officers located a pickup truck whose driver was suspected of impaired driving and attempted a traffic stop. The driver continued driving away, and police escalated a pursuit through Pasco.
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During the pursuit, the fleeing pickup approached the intersection of U.S. Highway 395 and Lewis Street and collided with a vehicle driven by 44-year-old Maria Guadalupe Mendoza of Grandview. Mendoza, an uninvolved motorist, was killed in the collision.
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Police arrested the fleeing driver after he received medical treatment for minor injuries. Prosecutors subsequently charged him in connection with Mendoza's death, including vehicular homicide and DUI-related offenses.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality, 1 Minor Injury.
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DISPOSITION:
The fleeing driver was criminally charged in connection with Mendoza's death, including vehicular homicide and DUI-related offenses. No criminal charges against Pasco Police officers for their role in initiating and continuing the pursuit were located, and no final disciplinary finding against an involved officer was identified in the available records.
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LITIGATION:
None found.

https://www.applevalleynewsnow.com/news/driver-in-suspected-dui-crash-that-killed-grandview-woman-pleads-not-guilty/article_2e4a1f90-77c4-11ec-bb89-9b5b2d2a14b2.html
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article256792822.html
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/grandview-woman-killed-in-police-pursuit-crash-in-pasco/article_3a5e9e2e-5e79-11ec-88ef-5b3b8a6d7f49.html
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/woman-killed-in-pasco-pursuit-crash-identified/article_6e8b47c0-603a-11ec-8d52-83d8d8c1d0d8.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/grandview-woman-killed-pasco-pursuit-004511373.html