Search fatalities

On Dec. 27, 2022 Missouri Highway patrol chased what they felt may be an intoxicated driver until the chase ended in a fiery crash at a roundabout at 72nd Street and Overland Drive in Platte County. Genie Howard died. Family members said the wreck happened on the driver’s birthday and family very much question the police narrative based on eyewitness stories they heard. Genie Howard had spent some time in prison and was very proud that he had received his GED and was valedictorian. His life had gone in a positive direction. Relatives said they were frantically trying to get in touch with Genie Howard and when they received no answer, they began calling around and found out he had crashed and been taken to a burn unit. His mother said the burns covered 70% of his body including his face. The family said no one had notified them. The family said they only learned from hospital staff that Highway Patrol had been involved in his death. It took three days for Genie Howard to die. Family remain very skeptical of the police narrative, particularly due to the lack of information they received.

https://fox4kc.com/news/family-not-notified-after-mshp-chase-fiery-crash-in-platte-county/

Georgia State Patrol tried to stop Stephen Wilson on a motorcycle. He did not stop and police escalated a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed into a Kia and died. Police state that he had multiple warrants.

https://www.wsav.com/news/police-investigating-accident-with-injuries-off-ogeechee-rd/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Defective rear lights.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/26/2022, 48-year-old Steven Charles Wilson II was killed when his motorcycle crashed during a Georgia State Patrol pursuit in Chatham County, Georgia.
According to Georgia State Patrol, a trooper observed Wilson riding a motorcycle on Ogeechee Road with its rear lights off and attempted to stop him for the traffic violation. Wilson continued driving and the trooper pursued him.
.
The pursuit traveled approximately 2.5 miles, beginning around Quacco Road and continuing toward the area of Cottonvale Road and Ogeechee Road. During the pursuit, Wilson's motorcycle struck the rear of another vehicle and Wilson was thrown from the motorcycle. Emergency medical personnel performed CPR, but Wilson was pronounced dead.
.
Georgia State Patrol subsequently reported that Wilson had outstanding warrants with the U.S. Marshals Service and had escaped from federal prison. Contemporary reporting nevertheless identifies the initiating reason for the pursuit as the motorcycle's rear lights being off.
.
Wilson was born in Savannah and had lived in the area for most of his life. He graduated from Beach High School, worked for himself in landscaping, and was a licensed electrician. His obituary said he enjoyed boating and fishing and identified three surviving children.

https://www.wtoc.com/2022/12/27/update-all-lanes-ogeechee-road-between-cottonvale-elk-reopened-after-chase/
https://www.wtvy.com/2022/12/27/motorcyclist-killed-crash-wanted-by-us-marshals-escaping-federal-prison/
https://www.bakermccullough.com/obituaries/steven-wilson-ii

REASON FOR CHASE:
Bystander killed after a Wayne County sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a Ford Econoline for a moving violation.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/26/2022, a 61-year-old woman from Lincoln Park, Michigan, was killed when a Ford Econoline van fleeing a Wayne County Sheriff's Office traffic stop crashed into her Chevrolet Trax at Michigan Avenue and Gulley Road in Dearborn.
At approximately 8:40 a.m., a Wayne County sheriff's deputy observed the Ford Econoline traveling at excessive speed eastbound on Michigan Avenue and activated the patrol vehicle's emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop. The van's continued eastbound.
.
The vehicle drove through a red light at Michigan Avenue and Gulley Road and collided with the Chevrolet Trax being driven northbound on Gulley Road by the 61-year-old woman. She was pronounced dead at the scene. She was not involved in the police encounter before the vehicle struck hers.
.
After the collision, the driverleft the van and ran from the scene. Dearborn police apprehended him after a short foot pursuit. Authorities subsequently reported that he had a suspended driver's license and several outstanding arrest warrants.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/12/26/innocent-driver-killed-when-man-fleeing-traffic-stop-causes-crash-at-dearborn-intersection/
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/12/27/dearborn-officials-investigating-fatal-2-car-collision-caused-by-driver-fleeing-police/
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/victim-killed-after-driver-flees-police-causes-crash-in-dearborn/
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/man-accused-of-running-red-light-causing-fatal-dearborn-crash-charged-with-murder

Stanley Davis Jr., a 13-year-old student, was on his dirt bike as a police officer chased him into a fatal crash when the officer claimed he was riding “recklessly”.
“It is clear as day that the young man was targeted,” one woman at the support rally for Stanley Davis said. “Thirteen years old, honor roll student just simply trying to get home. It is not fair.”
Boynton Beach Police have not said whether the officer involved was wearing a body camera and if it was activated at the time. The city said there was no dashboard camera in the police car.

https://wsvn.com/news/local/dozens-come-out-on-dirt-bikes-atvs-in-support-of-13-year-old-killed-in-police-chase/

On December 25, 2022, Gabriel Navarro, 25, was killed in a crash when a speeding San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy crashed into him near the intersection of National Trails Highway and Hibiscus Street in Oro Grande. Navarro was driving his Chevrolet Impala and was reportedly involved in a high-speed collision with the deputy's patrol vehicle. The crash caused Navarro's car to overturn and catch fire, with Navarro being ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

The deputy was reportedly airlifted to a trauma center, but their condition has not been disclosed. The exact speed of the deputy's vehicle at the time of the crash has not been disclosed, and it is unclear whether the officer was responding to an emergency at the time.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating the circumstances of the crash, though no further details have been provided by the authorities regarding the cause of the collision or whether the deputy was engaging in emergency driving.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/san-bernardino-deputy-airlifted-from-crash-that-left-motorist-dead-near-victorville/

https://www.sbsun.com/2022/12/26/fatal-officer-involved-collision-near-victorville-christmas-day/

https://www.vvng.com/deputy-involved-in-fatal-traffic-collision-christmas-night-in-oro-grande/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Not disclosed.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/20/2022, 19-year-old Shaurome Desmond McKinney Jr. was killed when his 2021 Dodge Charger crashed during a Saginaw Police Department pursuit in Saginaw, Michigan.
.
Shortly before 4:00 p.m., Saginaw police attempted to stop the Charger on 20th Street north of Holland Avenue. Police did not publicly disclose why they attempted the traffic stop. McKinney continued driving and police pursued him.
.
The pursuit continued to Perkins Street near Fourth Street, where McKinney lost control of the Charger and struck a tree and utility pole. He was killed on impact.
.
McKinney, known to his family and friends as “Romo,” had graduated from Arthur Hill High School in 2022 and was working at FedEx. His family said he enjoyed basketball, cars, clothes, playing his PlayStation 5, spending time with friends and family, and making people laugh.
.

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/driver-killed-after-crashing-into-tree-pole-while-fleeing-police-in-saginaw
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/26740198/shaurome-desmond-mckinney-jr/

A 19-year-old was the lone occupant of a 2021 Dodge Charger when state police attempted to stop him near the intersection of 20th and Holland Avenue per police. The traffic stop was initiated as part of a drug investigation. Police escalated a chase and Shaurome McKinney died in a fatal car crash after fleeing the traffic stop.

https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2022/12/teen-killed-in-saginaw-crash-after-police-chase.html

https://www.wnem.com/2022/12/20/19-year-old-killed-crash-following-police-pursuit/

https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2022/12/teen-killed-in-saginaw-crash-after-police-chase.html

REASON FOR CHASE:
Erratic driving.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/19/2022, 24-year-old Jonathon Connor Gilbert of Danville was killed when the Mercedes he was driving left East Seminary Street and struck a tree while a Danville police officer was attempting to catch up with him following an attempted traffic stop.
.
At approximately 12:25 a.m., a Danville police officer was traveling east on Main Street when he observed a black Mercedes traveling west near Fairweight Street. Police alleged that the Mercedes was being driven erratically and at a high rate of speed. The officer made a U-turn to attempt a traffic stop.
.
Before the officer completed the maneuver, Gilbert turned north onto Griffin Street and crashed the Mercedes into the front porch of a residence in the 300 block of North Griffin Street. The officer pulled up behind the Mercedes and got out of his patrol vehicle to contact Gilbert.
.
Before the officer reached him, Gilbert reversed away from the residence, drove through the front yard, returned to Griffin Street and then turned west onto Seminary Street. The officer returned to his patrol car and began attempting to catch up with the Mercedes.
.
Police said Gilbert continued west on Seminary Street at a high rate of speed toward Bowman Avenue. The officer was several blocks behind the Mercedes. Gilbert drove through a red light at Seminary Street and Bowman Avenue while the officer slowed and stopped for the red light.
.
From several blocks behind, the officer saw the Mercedes appear to become airborne in the 800 block of Seminary Street. After proceeding through the intersection, the officer found that the Mercedes had left the roadway and struck a tree.
.
Danville police officers attempted to reach Gilbert and provide medical assistance, but the wreckage prevented them from extracting him. Danville firefighters and emergency medical personnel subsequently removed him from the vehicle. Gilbert was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the Mercedes' sole occupant.

.

https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2022/12/19/driver-in-car-stolen-from-tilton-dies-in-crash-after-high-speed-chase/
https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2022/12/19/deceased-driver-in-high-speed-chase-crash-identified-as-24-year-old-danville-man/
https://www.rortvedtfuneralservices.com/obituary/Jonathon-Gilbert

On 12/19/2022 around 12:25 am, a Danville Police Officer was on Main St when he observed a black colored Mercedes sedan driving erratically and at a high rate of speed. The officer turned his vehicle around to conduct a traffic stop. The Mercedes quickly turned onto Griffin St and crashed the vehicle into the front porch of a residence in the 300 block of N. Griffin St. The Mercedes reversed away from the residence and the driver drove through the front yard and back onto Griffin St and then turned onto Seminary St. The officer observed the driver failed to stop at the red light at Seminary St and Bowman Ave and the Mercedes continued through the intersection. The officer was slowing down and stopping at the red light when he observed the Mercedes appeared to go airborne in the 800 block of Seminary St. The officer proceeded through the intersection at Seminary St and Bowman Ave and observed the Mercedes had left the roadway and struck a tree in the 800 block of Seminary St. Jonathon Connor Gilbert had died in the crash. The vehicle had been stolen.

https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2022/12/19/driver-in-car-stolen-from-tilton-dies-in-crash-after-high-speed-chase/

https://www.wcia.com/news/coroner-identifies-driver-killed-in-police-chase-airborne-crash/

https://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/danville-man-dead-after-high-speed-chase/article_fd5b0f86-7fe8-11ed-8b65-fb4a65125741.html

REASON FOR CHASE:
Moving violation.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/17/2022, an unidentified 54-year-old Santa Cruz man was killed when the 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was riding crashed on Water Street in Santa Cruz during a California Highway Patrol pursuit.
.
The encounter began shortly before 2:00 a.m. CHP officers observed the motorcycle traveling at what they described as a high rate of speed and alleged that the rider failed to stop at a stop sign. Officers attempted an enforcement stop using the patrol vehicle's emergency lights and siren.
.
The motorcyclist continued driving and CHP pursued him. The pursuit was exceptionally brief: CHP said that less than one minute after officers attempted the stop, the motorcycle was traveling westbound on Water Street when the rider lost control.
.
Additional crash reporting places the collision at approximately 1:50 a.m. near Water Street and Branciforte Avenue and identifies the motorcycle as a 2006 Harley-Davidson.
.
The motorcycle struck a curb and crashed. CHP officers immediately attempted to provide medical assistance, but the rider died at the scene from his injuries.
.

https://kioncentralcoast.com/news/2022/12/17/motorcyclist-dies-speeding-away-from-chp-crashes-into-curb/

A Camaro with invalid registration fled from Westminster police slammed into an SUV, then fled on foot. The driver of the T-boned vehicle was killed. A 54-year-old male passenger was in critical condition and his survival is unknown. This was the result of a police chase for a registration violation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IsZAk6yoHM&t=1s

https://www.foxla.com/news/driver-killed-after-their-car-gets-hit-by-oc-police-chase-suspect

Michigan State Police were dispatched for a domestic violence incident and saw a man fleeing who appeared to be "highly intoxicated." He took off in his vehicle and troopers escalated a chase. He ran a stop sign at an intersection and crashed into another vehicle. Both White and the driver of the other vehicle, 52-year-old Julie Ruttkofsky of Adrian, died in the crash.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/2-dead-after-police-chase-ends-in-crash-in-monroe-county

Michigan State Police were dispatched for a domestic violence incident and saw a man fleeing who appeared to be "highly intoxicated." He took off in his vehicle and troopers escalated a chase. He ran a stop sign at an intersection and crashed into another vehicle. Both White and the driver of the other vehicle, 52-year-old Julie Ruttkofsky of Adrian, died in the crash.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/2-dead-after-police-chase-ends-in-crash-in-monroe-county

An officer witnessed Parker run a stop sign at S.18th Street and Metropolitan Avenue. He then activated his lights in an attempt to pull her over but she failed to yield and fled the scene.
The driver of a Nissan Altima was chased by police while driving west on Metropolitan when she struck a slope in the roadway at the intersection of South 32nd Street. KHP said the driver lost control, ran off the road and struck a rock wall at a private residence. The crash remains under investigation by KHP. The crash report originally listed this incident as a police pursuit but as of Monday, KHP has changed its records saying this was not a police pursuit. The officer was reported as “following” instead of chasing but it may have had the same effect.

https://fox4kc.com/news/kck-woman-killed-in-crash-following-police-chase-near-s-32nd-metropolitan-avenue/

https://www.wibw.com/2022/12/18/kc-woman-perishes-crash-after-car-launched-mid-air-during-police-chase/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit after domestic violence.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/15/2022, 46-year-old David White Jr. of Belleville was killed when the pickup truck he was driving collided with an uninvolved vehicle at Whiteford Road and Whiteford Center Road in Monroe County during a Michigan State Police pursuit. The other driver, 52-year-old Julie Ruttkofsky of Adrian, was also killed.
.
Michigan State Police were dispatched at approximately 2:57 p.m. to a residence in Bedford Township for a reported domestic violence incident. Witnesses told police that a woman outside the residence was yelling for an officer and that White was driving a truck erratically in the driveway and across neighboring lawns.
.
Troopers contacted White and police alleged that he appeared highly intoxicated. During that encounter, White drove away in the pickup. Michigan State Police confirmed that a trooper pursued him.
.
The pursuit traveled into Whiteford Township. At approximately 4:15 p.m., White traveled along Whiteford Road toward its intersection with Whiteford Center Road. Police said he drove through the stop sign and collided with an SUV driven by Ruttkofsky.
.
The collision was extremely violent and both vehicles caught fire. White and Ruttkofsky were pronounced dead at the scene.
.
Witnesses described White's speed immediately before the collision as more than 80 mph, although I did not find an official Michigan State Police measurement confirming that speed. Neighbors reported hearing police sirens before hearing the collision.
.
Michigan State Police Second District detectives and a crash reconstructionist investigated the pursuit and collision.
.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/12/16/man-fleeing-police-runs-stop-sign-causes-crash-that-kills-himself-innocent-driver-in-monroe-county/
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/double-fatal-crash-caused-by-domestic-violence-suspect-fleeing-from-police-in-monroe-county
https://www.wxyz.com/news/2-dead-after-police-chase-ends-in-crash-in-monroe-county

REASON FOR CHASE:
Bystander killed during police chase after domestic violence event.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/15/2022, 52-year-old Julie Ruttkofsky of Adrian was killed when a pickup truck being pursued by Michigan State Police crashed into her SUV at Whiteford Road and Whiteford Center Road in Whiteford Township, Monroe County. Ruttkofsky was an uninvolved motorist.
.
Michigan State Police had responded at approximately 2:57 p.m. to a domestic violence call in Bedford Township involving 46-year-old David White Jr. Police said White was driving erratically around the property and appeared highly intoxicated when troopers contacted him.
.
White drove away from troopers in his pickup, and a Michigan State Police trooper pursued him. The pursuit continued into Whiteford Township.
.
At Whiteford Road and Whiteford Center Road, police said White drove through a stop sign and directly into Ruttkofsky's vehicle. Contemporary reporting described the collision as occurring at approximately 4:15 p.m.
.
The impact caused both vehicles to catch fire. Ruttkofsky and White were pronounced dead at the scene.
.
Witnesses living near the intersection reported hearing police sirens immediately before the crash. One witness estimated that White was traveling over 80 mph when he entered the intersection, although that figure was a witness estimate rather than an official reconstruction finding.
.
Ruttkofsky had no involvement in the domestic violence call or the police encounter. She was traveling through the intersection when the pursued pickup entered her path.

.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/12/16/man-fleeing-police-runs-stop-sign-causes-crash-that-kills-himself-innocent-driver-in-monroe-county/
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/double-fatal-crash-caused-by-domestic-violence-suspect-fleeing-from-police-in-monroe-county
https://www.wxyz.com/news/2-dead-after-police-chase-ends-in-crash-in-monroe-county

.
REASON FOR CHASE:
Not publicly disclosed. Paxton police officers and Ford County sheriff’s deputies were pursuing Woltz-Hernandez southbound on U.S. Route 45, but Illinois State Police declined to disclose why the pursuit had been initiated, stating that the investigation remained open.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/12/2022, 44-year-old Krista A. Woltz-Hernandez of Buckley was killed when the Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 she was driving crashed during a police pursuit on U.S. Route 45 in southern Iroquois County. Uninvolved driver Julie L. McGowan, 65, of Rantoul was also killed.
.
At approximately 5:12 p.m., Woltz-Hernandez was traveling south on U.S. Route 45 near 1190 North Road while being pursued by officers from the Paxton Police Department and Ford County Sheriff’s Office. The crash location was approximately three miles south of Onarga.
.
Illinois State Police did not publicly disclose what prompted officers to pursue Woltz-Hernandez. When specifically asked why police were chasing her, ISP Trooper Jayme Bufford said the investigation was open and ongoing and that no further information was available.
.
During the pursuit, Woltz-Hernandez lost control of the Mercedes. It crossed the center line of U.S. Route 45 and collided head-on with a northbound 2003 Jeep Wrangler driven by McGowan.
.
The initial collision caused the Mercedes to spin and strike a northbound 2004 Ford F-150 driven by a 36-year-old Onarga man. Woltz-Hernandez’s Mercedes then spun again and rolled multiple times before coming to rest on the west side of the roadway.
.
Woltz-Hernandez and McGowan were pronounced dead at the scene. The Ford F-150 driver was transported to a hospital with injuries. A fourth vehicle, a Toyota Camry, drove through crash debris and sustained a flat tire.
.
Illinois State Police District 21 and the ISP Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 3 investigated the pursuit and fatal collision.
.
The publicly available reporting I located does not provide the pursuit’s speed, duration, distance, or the specific police action that initiated it. Those details should remain unspecified rather than inferred.
.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Paxton Police Department and Ford County Sheriff’s Office did not publicly identify the officer who initiated the pursuit or the other officer(s) who participated in the pursuit in the sources located.

https://www.wcia.com/news/police-pursuit-ends-in-deadly-crash-in-iroquois-county/
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-journal/news/local/2022/12/14/2-dead-following-4-vehicle-crash-in-southern-iroquois-county/
https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2022/12/14/car-being-pursued-by-police-causes-iroquois-county-crash-two-drivers-killed/
https://whporadio.com/whpo-blog/archives/2022-12/

Paxton PD and Ford County deputies were chasing a car southbound on Route 45 when the driver lost control near 1190 North Road. The car crossed the center line and hit a northbound SUV and a northbound pickup truck, then spun out and flipped several times before coming to a rest on the west side of the road. A fourth car received a flat tire after it drove over debris.
State Police said the driver being chased was 44-year-old Krista Woltz-Hernandez of Buckley who died at the scene. The driver of the SUV Woltz-Hernandez hit, 65-year-old Julie McGowan of Rantoul, also died at the scene. A man in a third car was hurt and taken to the hospital. It is unknown why police chased this driver.

https://www.wcia.com/news/police-pursuit-ends-in-deadly-crash-in-iroquois-county/

At about 2:30 a.m. on 12/12/2022, an Orange City PD vehicle traveling southbound on U.S. 17-92 (South Volusia Avenue) was merging into the left lane to turn on to Enterprise Road when it hit the pedestrian on Volusia Avenue near Roberts Street, killing the 60-year-old woman.

https://www.clickorlando.com/traffic/2022/12/12/woman-60-struck-killed-by-orange-city-police-vehicle-fhp-says/

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-woman-hit-killed-after-walking-in-front-on-police-car-in-volusia-county-troopers-say

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/12/12/fhp-investigates-deadly-pedestrian-crash-involving-orange-city-officer

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/accident/2022/12/12/patrol-car-hits-and-kills-woman-in-orange-city/69720178007/

On Monday, December 12th, a sergeant with the Stearns County Sheriff’s Department spotted a wanted man on County Road 4 in St. Wendel Township at 10:51 a.m. The sergeant pursued him, but he fled. Police got a call from a nearby construction site that someone had just stolen one of their work trucks. The same man, still fleeing, took out a street pole while escaping in the vehicle. The man fled again until he crashed into another vehicle in St. Cloud at the intersection of 36th Avenue North and 10th Street North. The third-party driver in the other vehicle never regained consciousness and died from his injuries on December 22nd.

https://knsiradio.com/2022/12/30/new-charges-filed-against-albany-man-after-december-12th-police-chase/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit during burglary.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/12/2022, an unidentified man was killed after running from Duncanville police and attempting to cross Interstate 20 in Duncanville, Dallas County.
.
At approximately 4:55 a.m., Duncanville police received a call concerning a business alarm at 331 E. Camp Wisdom Road. Dispatchers monitoring live surveillance footage told responding officers that a man wearing a blue hoodie was placing items into a backpack inside the business.
.
As officers reached the front of the business, dispatch advised them that the man had just exited through the rear. Officers then saw a man wearing a blue hoodie and carrying a backpack running down an embankment toward Interstate 20.
.
The man entered the interstate and attempted to cross the eastbound traffic lanes. Multiple vehicles struck him, killing him at the scene. Duncanville Fire Department personnel responded and pronounced him dead.
.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office investigated the fatal collision. The eastbound lanes of Interstate 20 were closed for more than four hours while investigators processed the scene.
.
Contemporary FOX 4 reporting explicitly characterized the death as occurring while the man was trying to get away from police, while the Dallas Morning News' Spanish-language report likewise described him as being pursued by police in connection with the reported burglary.
.
The official Duncanville account is slightly more precise and should control the narrative: officers arrived, saw the man running down the embankment toward I-20, and he was killed while attempting to cross the interstate. The sources do not establish that officers entered the freeway behind him before he was struck, so this should be documented as a foot-flight police encounter resulting in a vehicle death, rather than as a conventional vehicle pursuit.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/i-20-police-chase-suspect-killed
https://www.focusdailynews.com/dallas-sheriffs-office-is-investigating-duncanville-fatality-on-i-20/

On 12/12/2022, a 60-year-old Deltona woman was struck and killed by an on-duty Orange City Police Department sergeant while she was crossing U.S. 17-92, also known as South Volusia Avenue, near Roberts Street and Enterprise Road in Orange City. The collision occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m.
.
Sgt. Brian Kibbe was driving a marked Orange City Police Department SUV southbound on U.S. 17-92. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Kibbe was traveling in the inside lane and began merging into the left-turn lane to turn east onto Enterprise Road.
.
Police said the woman was walking from the west side of U.S. 17-92 toward the east and was crossing outside a marked crosswalk. The right front of Kibbe's police SUV struck her. She was killed at the scene.
.
The collision occurred in a poorly illuminated section of the highway. A nearby business owner told Spectrum News that pedestrians commonly crossed there despite the absence of a crosswalk and described the area as extremely difficult to cross and particularly dark at night. The nearest intersection with a crosswalk was approximately 150 yards away at Enterprise Road.
.
Kibbe was on routine patrol at the time rather than engaged in a pursuit. Orange City police said his body camera was operating and captured his view from inside the vehicle for approximately 30 seconds before the collision. Florida Highway Patrol investigated the fatal crash, while Orange City Police Department announced a separate internal review to determine whether departmental policies had been violated.
.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Sgt. Brian Kibbe was identified by Orange City Police Department officials as the officer driving the patrol vehicle. At the time of the fatal collision, Kibbe had served with the department for more than 15 years.

https://www.clickorlando.com/traffic/2022/12/12/woman-60-struck-killed-by-orange-city-police-vehicle-fhp-says/
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/12/12/fhp-investigates-deadly-pedestrian-crash-involving-orange-city-officer
https://www.wesh.com/article/orange-city-officer-hits-pedestrian/42215175
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-woman-hit-killed-after-walking-in-front-on-police-car-in-volusia-county-troopers-say
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/volusia-county/troopers-respond-deadly-crash-volusia-county/YJFTLAR5N5DEXJOBPTCGURTUCY/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Reckless driving.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/09/2022, an unidentified driver was killed when their vehicle crashed at South Lincoln Street and West Scotts Avenue in Stockton during a San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office pursuit.
.
At approximately 7:00 p.m., sheriff’s deputies encountered the vehicle near Charter Way and South Harrison Street. The Sheriff’s Office alleged that the vehicle was being driven recklessly and deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The driver continued away, and deputies initiated a pursuit.
.
The pursuit continued through south Stockton until the driver crashed at Lincoln Street and Scotts Avenue. The publicly available Sheriff’s Office account does not specify the exact nature of the alleged reckless driving, the pursuit speed, distance, or duration.
.
The driver suffered critical injuries and was transported to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Contemporary reporting stated that the driver’s identity was being withheld pending notification of family.
.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/sheriff-reckless-driver-dies-in-crash-fleeing-deputies-in-stockton/
https://www.ktvu.com/news/driver-fatally-crashes-during-pursuit-in-stockton
https://www.city-data.com/accidents/acc-Stockton-California.html

An ALPR license plate reader alerted police to a possible stolen car and they escalated a chase. The car fled and crashed. Lemont Lang, 29, was killed Wednesday afternoon when a car speeding away from police collided with two other vehicles in the city’s Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-id-man-killed-in-crash-after-driver-flees-police-in-north-st-louis/article_4d5a122a-b379-5698-9a9d-0d97c7d71f6c.html

A crash happened before 4:00 p.m. near the intersection of Theodosia and Arlington avenues, killing an unidentified young man who had allegedly fled from a detective with an anti-crime task force. Police escalated a chase, placed spike strips and the vehicle hit a series of other vehicles and came to a stop. A passenger in the vehicle died.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/deadly-crash-under-investigation-in-north-st-louis/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public Safety migrant chase.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, Luis Figueroa Gonzalez was killed during a Texas Department of Public Safety vehicle pursuit in Kinney County near Brackettville. Four other people — Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez, Raul Tovar Alvarez, and John Ware — were also killed.
.
The vehicle was carrying a group of migrants through the border region when Texas DPS troopers pursued it. The pursuit occurred amid Operation Lone Star, during a period in which DPS was conducting large numbers of vehicle pursuits in Texas border counties.
.
During the pursuit, DPS officers positioned spike strips in the vehicle's path. Human Rights Watch's subsequent investigation, based in part on DPS pursuit records, found that the driver attempted to avoid the spike strips and lost control.
.
The vehicle rolled multiple times. At least eight occupants were ejected. Figueroa Gonzalez and four other people died as a result of the crash, while another four occupants were critically injured and transported by air to hospitals.
.
Human Rights Watch specifically examined the crash in its investigation of Texas DPS pursuit practices under Operation Lone Star and highlighted it as an example of deaths associated with police deployment of spike strips during high-speed pursuits.

.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/11/27/so-much-blood-ground/dangerous-and-deadly-vehicle-pursuits-under-texas-operation
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars

REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public Safety migrant chase.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo was killed when the vehicle in which he was riding crashed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Kinney County.
.
Texas DPS officers were pursuing the vehicle when officers deployed spike strips. The driver attempted to avoid the tire-deflation device, lost control, and the vehicle rolled several times. At least eight people were ejected.
.
Gonzalez Arroyo, Luis Figueroa Gonzalez, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez, Raul Tovar Alvarez, and John Ware died. Another four people suffered critical injuries and were flown to hospitals.
.
A later report from Mexico provides additional confirmation of Gonzalez Arroyo's identity. His family said he was known as “El Rojo” and had previously worked as a municipal police officer in Zentla, Veracruz. He was traveling with other migrants when the pursuit and rollover occurred near Brackettville. His remains were subsequently repatriated to Mexico.
.
The Mexican reporting states that Gonzalez Arroyo's family learned of his death on December 9 and waited approximately a month for his body to be returned. His family raised money to assist with repatriation expenses.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/11/27/so-much-blood-ground/dangerous-and-deadly-vehicle-pursuits-under-texas-operation
https://www.elbuentono.com.mx/?p=671264

REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public Safety migrant pursuit.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez was killed when a vehicle carrying migrants crashed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Kinney County.
.
During the pursuit, DPS officers deployed spike strips. The driver attempted to maneuver around the strips, lost control, and the vehicle rolled several times. At least eight occupants were thrown from the vehicle.
.
Mendiola Gutierrez was killed along with Luis Figueroa Gonzalez, Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo, Raul Tovar Alvarez, and John Ware. Four additional occupants were critically injured and flown to hospitals.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/11/27/so-much-blood-ground/dangerous-and-deadly-vehicle-pursuits-under-texas-operation

REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit of migrants.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, Raul Tovar Alvarez was killed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Kinney County near Brackettville.
.
DPS officers deployed spike strips while pursuing the vehicle. The driver attempted to avoid the strips and lost control, causing the vehicle to roll repeatedly. At least eight occupants were ejected.
.
Tovar Alvarez, Luis Figueroa Gonzalez, Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez, and John Ware died as a result. Another four occupants suffered critical injuries.

.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/11/27/so-much-blood-ground/dangerous-and-deadly-vehicle-pursuits-under-texas-operation

REASON FOR CHASE:
Texas Department of Public migrant pursuit.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/06/2022, John Ware was killed when the vehicle he was driving crashed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Kinney County near Brackettville. Four passengers — Luis Figueroa Gonzalez, Samuel Gonzalez Arroyo, Miguel Mendiola Gutierrez, and Raul Tovar Alvarez — were also killed.
.
Texas DPS officers pursued Ware's vehicle while it was transporting migrants through the border region. During the pursuit, officers deployed spike strips in an attempt to stop the vehicle.
.
Ware attempted to avoid the spike strips and lost control. The vehicle rolled several times, ejecting at least eight occupants. Ware and four passengers died, while another four occupants were critically injured and flown to hospitals.
.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/11/27/so-much-blood-ground/dangerous-and-deadly-vehicle-pursuits-under-texas-operation
https://www.elbuentono.com.mx/?p=671264
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars

Juan Carlos Rodriguez and his brother Lionel Rodriguez were on the side of the road working on their car when an officer in an unmarked car hit them and killed both.

https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento/double-fatal-collision-closes-lanes-on-southbound-i-5/

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article269790567.html

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-police-detective-named-deadly-i-5-crash/42193323

Juan Carlos Rodriguez and his brother Lionel Rodriguez were on the side of the road working on their car when an officer in an unmarked car hit them and killed both.

https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento/double-fatal-collision-closes-lanes-on-southbound-i-5/

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article269790567.html

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-police-detective-named-deadly-i-5-crash/42193323

On 12/06/2022, Juan Carlos Enriquez Rodriguez, 33, was killed when an on-duty Sacramento Police Department detective drove an unmarked department vehicle onto the shoulder of southbound Interstate 5 near Sutterville Road and struck Rodriguez and his brother, Lionel Enriquez Rodriguez, 32.
.
Lionel's pickup truck had run out of fuel and was stopped on the right shoulder. Juan Carlos came to help his brother and was putting fuel into the disabled truck when Detective Jonathon Thomas Nangle approached in an unmarked department-issued Ford Fusion at approximately 6:15 a.m.
.
Nangle's vehicle crossed the solid white fog line onto the shoulder, struck the rear of the disabled pickup and then struck both brothers. One brother was pronounced dead at the scene and the other died while being transported to a hospital. Both men were outside the vehicles when they were hit.
.
Nangle was on duty and driving what Sacramento police described as an unmarked department “home retention” vehicle. The California Highway Patrol conducted the collision investigation. CHP subsequently determined that the evidence supported vehicular-manslaughter charges, and the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office agreed.
.
On 09/05/2023, a Sacramento County Superior Court judge issued a warrant charging Nangle with two misdemeanor counts of vehicular manslaughter. Nangle surrendered to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office and was processed and released. Sacramento police said Nangle had more than eight years with the department and remained on administrative leave with his peace-officer powers suspended.
.
Nangle later pleaded guilty to both misdemeanor vehicular-manslaughter counts. In February 2025, he was sentenced to 120 days in Sacramento County Jail, with an option allowing him to serve the sentence through community service.
.
In April 2026, a Sacramento County jury awarded Juan Carlos Rodriguez's two surviving children approximately $32.1 million for the loss of their father. The City of Sacramento admitted liability for the collision, leaving the jury to determine damages. Each child received $2.5 million for past loss and $12.5 million for future loss, plus additional damages bringing the total award to approximately $32.1 million.
.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Jonathon Thomas Nangle was a Sacramento Police Department detective and had approximately eight years with the department when he killed Juan Carlos and Lionel Rodriguez.
.
This was not Nangle's first documented on-duty vehicle collision. Court records and contemporary reporting show that Nangle had been sued over an April 8, 2021 collision at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 47th Avenue in Sacramento. The plaintiff alleged property damage, medical expenses and other injuries arising from that crash.
.
Nangle was criminally prosecuted for the deaths of the Rodriguez brothers, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of vehicular manslaughter, and received the 120-day sentence in 2025.

https://apps.sacpd.org/Releases/liveview.aspx?reference=20230905-056
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article269663241.html
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article269790567.html
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-interstate-5-crash-police-detective/42172756
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-police-detective-named-deadly-i-5-crash/42193323
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-police-detective-arrested-deadly-crash/45017382
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article315524674.html

On 12/06/2022, Lionel Enriquez Rodriguez, 32, of Simi Valley, was killed when Sacramento Police Department Detective Jonathon Thomas Nangle drove an unmarked department vehicle onto the shoulder of southbound Interstate 5 near Sutterville Road and struck Lionel and his brother, Juan Carlos Enriquez Rodriguez, 33.
.
Lionel's Dodge pickup had run out of fuel. He pulled onto the right shoulder and activated the truck's emergency flashers before calling his brother for assistance. Juan Carlos arrived and was helping put fuel into the disabled truck. Both brothers were on the shoulder when Nangle approached at approximately 6:15 a.m.
.
Nangle was on duty and traveling southbound in an unmarked, department-issued Ford Fusion. The vehicle was assigned to him as a take-home or “home retention” police vehicle. Evidence presented in the subsequent civil litigation indicated Nangle was traveling approximately 70 mph when his vehicle crossed the solid white fog line separating the travel lane from the shoulder. A tanker truck traveling behind Nangle captured the vehicle's movements on dash-camera video.
.
Nangle's Ford struck the left rear of the disabled Dodge pickup and then struck Lionel and Juan Carlos, who were standing alongside it. One brother died at the scene and the other died while being transported to a hospital.
.
The California Highway Patrol investigated the collision and determined that the evidence supported vehicular-manslaughter charges. The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office concurred. On 09/05/2023, a judge issued a warrant charging Nangle with two misdemeanor counts of vehicular manslaughter. Nangle surrendered to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office and was processed and released.
.
Nangle subsequently pleaded guilty to both counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence. On 02/03/2025, he was sentenced to 120 days in Sacramento County Jail, with the opportunity to apply for an alternative sentence such as community service. At the time of sentencing, Nangle remained on paid administrative leave from the Sacramento Police Department.
.
Lionel was described by his family as a loving father who was frequently laughing and joyful. He left behind a daughter and a partner.
.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Jonathon Thomas Nangle was a Sacramento Police Department detective and an approximately eight-year department veteran when he was criminally charged for killing Lionel and Juan Carlos Rodriguez. Following the charges, Sacramento police placed him on administrative leave and suspended his peace-officer powers.
.
The fatal collision was not Nangle's first documented on-duty crash. A civil complaint arising from an April 8, 2021 collision at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 47th Avenue named Nangle and the City of Sacramento as defendants and alleged injuries, medical expenses and property damage.
.
Nangle pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor vehicular-manslaughter counts for the deaths of Lionel and Juan Carlos and was sentenced in 2025 to 120 days, with an alternative-sentencing option.

https://apps.sacpd.org/Releases/liveview.aspx?reference=20230905-056
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article269790567.html
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-interstate-5-crash-police-detective/42172756
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-police-detective-named-deadly-i-5-crash/42193323
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/two-people-id-killed-by-vehicle-on-i-5-sutterville-road-sacramento-detective/
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article299264474.html
 

Mobile PD tried to stop a vehicle on University Boulevard near Old Shell Road for having no tag at about 2:50 a.m. Sunday. Police chased the teenage driver until the precinct sergeant canceled the chase as it neared Bear Fork Road. Meanwhile, the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. With officers still following, they saw the vehicle overturned. Kailyn Draine was ejected and died.

https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/mobile-police-chase-ends-with-girl-being-ejected-from-the-car-dying/

.
REASON FOR CHASE:
Passenger killed during a police pursuit of an SUV driven by a 15-year-old girl. Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that the SUV was speeding westbound on Oklahoma State Highway 152 when officers with the Cordell and Sayre police departments pursued it.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/04/2022, an unidentified 13-year-old girl was killed when the SUV in which she was a passenger crashed during a police pursuit on Oklahoma State Highway 152 in Sayre, Beckham County. The vehicle was being driven by a 15-year-old girl.
.
At approximately 3:00 a.m., the SUV was traveling westbound on OK-152. According to reporting based on the Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigation, the 15-year-old driver was speeding and officers from the Cordell Police Department and Sayre Police Department pursued the vehicle.
.
During the pursuit, the 15-year-old driver lost control of the SUV. The vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a building.
.
The 13-year-old passenger was trapped inside the wreckage. Sayre Fire Department personnel worked for approximately 30 minutes to free her from the vehicle. She suffered fatal head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
.
The 15-year-old driver survived and was transported to Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City. Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigated the fatal crash.
.
The public reporting I located does not provide the pursuit's speed beyond describing the SUV as speeding, nor does it give the pursuit's distance or duration. It also does not establish precisely which department first attempted to stop the SUV. Because both Cordell and Sayre officers are specifically reported as participating in the pursuit, both agencies should be retained in the Agency field.

https://www.kswo.com/2022/12/04/13-year-old-apache-girl-dies-early-morning-pursuit-with-law-enforcement/

https://www.wlbt.com/2022/12/05/13-year-old-dies-after-car-crashes-police-pursuit/

https://kfor.com/news/local/ohp-13-year-old-passenger-killed-in-crash-during-police-chase/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Passenger killed during a Worcester Police Department pursuit following a reported confrontation on Water Street.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/03/2022, 33-year-old Krystal Evelisse Reyes of Haverhill was killed when the Toyota Highlander in which she was a passenger crashed on Grafton Street while its driver, 35-year-old Jason Colon, was driving away from Worcester police. Colon was also killed and five other occupants were injured.
.
At approximately 12:15 a.m., Worcester police were dispatched to 97 Water Street after two men reported that a Toyota Highlander had nearly struck them. One of the men told police that after he gestured toward the SUV, the driver stopped, opened his door and pointed what appeared to be a black handgun at him. The man called 911 and followed the Highlander while giving its location to police.
.
The Highlander stopped near Grafton and County streets. Worcester officers arrived and conducted a felony traffic stop. Colon initially complied with an order to turn off the SUV. When officers approached and ordered him out, he restarted the Highlander and drove southeast on Grafton Street at high speed.
.
Police initially said the officers who had gotten out of their cruisers lost sight of the Highlander. Another Worcester officer who had remained in a police vehicle drove past them and followed in the Highlander's direction. That officer saw the SUV's taillights several hundred yards ahead.
.
Later-obtained police radio traffic provides considerably more precision about the pursuit. At approximately 12:20:15 a.m., an officer radioed that the Highlander was taking off. About 20 seconds later an officer reported the SUV traveling on Grafton Street at approximately 60 mph, and about seven seconds after that reported that it had crashed. The fatal sequence from flight to crash therefore lasted only about 27 seconds.
.
The Highlander struck a curb, went out of control, crossed the double-yellow line and collided with an oncoming Dodge Ram. The SUV then struck a tree and overturned in front of Roosevelt Elementary School.
.
Seven people were trapped inside the Highlander. Reyes was pronounced dead at the scene. Colon was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead there. Five surviving occupants were transported for treatment of injuries.
.
Police recovered a black Airsoft gun designed to resemble a Glock 19 from the wrecked Highlander.
.
Krystal Evelisse Reyes was 33, had been raised in Lawrence, graduated from Lawrence Technical High School, worked in the culinary field, and was remembered for her involvement in basketball, flag football and volleyball and her close relationship with her family.
..

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/2-dead-crash-grafton-street-worcester/
https://www.wcvb.com/article/deadly-worcester-crash-grafton-street-fleeing-police-stop/42141524
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/two-dead-after-car-flips-during-alleged-escape-police-stop-worcester/JZGXDK6ZJZCTPJYHR5HBWKORTE/
https://dailyvoice.com/article/police-id-driver-passenger-killed-in-fatal-weekend-wreck-in-central-mass/
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/43202336/krystal-evelisse-reyes

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit after reported prior incident.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/03/2022, 35-year-old Jason Colon of Methuen was killed when the Toyota Highlander he was driving crashed on Grafton Street after he drove away from a Worcester Police Department felony traffic stop. Passenger Krystal Evelisse Reyes, 33, was also killed.
.
At approximately 12:15 a.m., police responded to 97 Water Street after two men reported that Colon's Highlander had nearly struck them. One man told police that Colon stopped and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at him following a confrontation. The man followed the Highlander and relayed its location to police.
.
Officers located the Highlander stopped near Grafton and County streets and conducted a felony stop. Colon initially turned the SUV off as directed. When officers approached and ordered him to exit, he restarted the vehicle and accelerated southeast on Grafton Street.
.
Police radio traffic later obtained in connection with the incident records an officer announcing at approximately 12:20:15 a.m. that Colon was driving away. At approximately 12:20:35, an officer reported Colon traveling about 60 mph on Grafton Street. At approximately 12:20:42, police radioed that he had crashed.
.
The Highlander struck a curb, crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming Dodge Ram before striking a tree and overturning near Roosevelt Elementary School.
.
Colon was transported from the crash scene to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Reyes was pronounced dead at the scene. Five other occupants of the Highlander survived with injuries.
.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/2-dead-crash-grafton-street-worcester/
https://www.wcvb.com/article/deadly-worcester-crash-grafton-street-fleeing-police-stop/42141524
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/two-dead-after-car-flips-during-alleged-escape-police-stop-worcester/JZGXDK6ZJZCTPJYHR5HBWKORTE/
https://dailyvoice.com/article/police-id-driver-passenger-killed-in-fatal-weekend-wreck-in-central-mass/

REASON FOR CHASE:
A Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the Toyota 4Runner Eastman was driving. Eastman continued driving and a pursuit followed. Public reporting located does not disclose the original reason the deputy attempted the traffic stop.
.
NARRATIVE:
On 12/03/2022, 34-year-old Jordan Eastman of Giltner was fatally injured when the Toyota 4Runner he was driving overturned in a ditch near F Road and 11 Road in Hamilton County during a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office pursuit.
.
At approximately 10:15 p.m., a Hamilton County sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop Eastman’s Toyota 4Runner. Eastman continued driving away from the attempted stop, and the deputy pursued him.
.
A short time after the attempted traffic stop, Eastman lost control near the intersection of F Road and 11 Road. The 4Runner entered a ditch and overturned. Eastman was ejected from the vehicle during the rollover.
.
Emergency personnel transported Eastman to Grand Island Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
.
At the request of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the Nebraska State Patrol took over investigation of the pursuit and fatal crash.
.
The public reports I located do not specify the alleged traffic violation or other reason for the initial attempted stop.
.

https://www.klkntv.com/one-dead-after-a-pursuit-fatal-crash-in-hamilton-county/
https://www.klkntv.com/police-pursuit-ends-in-fatal-car-accident-near-grand-island/
https://kgfw.com/2022/12/06/nsp-investigating-pursuit-that-ended-in-fatal-crash/