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REASON FOR CHASE:
Failed traffic stop for undisclosed reasons.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/02/2022, 21-year-old Jovannie Sotelo was killed when the SUV he was driving collided with an uninvolved vehicle at East Clemmonsville Road and Thomasville Road in Winston-Salem during a Forsyth County Sheriff's Office pursuit.
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The encounter began when Forsyth County sheriff's deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The Sheriff's Office subsequently said Sotelo continued driving, and deputies pursued him through Winston-Salem. The publicly available reporting does not disclose the specific alleged violation or other reason that caused deputies to initiate the original traffic stop.
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The Sheriff's Office alleged that Sotelo committed additional traffic violations while deputies pursued him. At approximately 10 p.m., Sotelo entered the intersection of East Clemmonsville Road and Thomasville Road and collided with another vehicle. Later reporting specifically states that Sotelo drove through the traffic signal immediately before the collision.
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Sotelo suffered fatal injuries. Forsyth County sheriff's deputies and Winston-Salem police provided medical aid at the crash scene until emergency medical personnel arrived. Sotelo was pronounced dead.
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A passenger traveling in Sotelo's SUV survived without reported injuries. The driver of the uninvolved vehicle was transported to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
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https://www.wxii12.com/article/winston-salem-police-called-to-crash-friday-night/42138915
https://www.city-data.com/accidents/acc-Winston-Salem-North-Carolina.html

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REASON FOR CHASE:
Bystander killed during a Richland County Sheriff’s Department pursuit initiated after a Traffic Safety Unit deputy observed a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Shylek Pringle speeding through a school zone in the 1000 block of Zimalcrest Drive.
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NARRATIVE:
On 12/02/2022, 74-year-old Ernest Kenner of Columbia was killed when a vehicle driven by Shylek Pringle crashed into Kenner’s vehicle during a Richland County Sheriff’s Department pursuit. Kenner was an uninvolved motorist.
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Shortly before 8:00 a.m., a Richland County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Safety Unit deputy was conducting traffic enforcement in the 1000 block of Zimalcrest Drive. The Sheriff’s Department said the deputy observed Pringle speeding through a school zone and attempted to stop him. Pringle continued driving and the deputy pursued him.
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The Sheriff’s Department described the pursuit as traveling a short distance. During the pursuit, Pringle crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with Kenner’s vehicle. Kenner was pronounced dead at the scene. No sheriff’s department vehicle physically collided with Kenner’s vehicle.
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol was assigned to investigate the fatal collision. The Richland County Coroner’s Office subsequently identified Kenner as the person killed.
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Pringle was arrested following the crash. Authorities said he faced charges including failure to stop for blue lights resulting in death, reckless homicide, speeding in a school zone, driving under suspension related to DUI, and unlawful possession of a firearm.
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Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott publicly focused his response on Pringle’s preexisting criminal cases, saying Pringle had been released on four separate bonds from multiple agencies. That circumstance did not alter Kenner’s role in this event: Kenner was an uninvolved 74-year-old motorist killed during the police pursuit.
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https://www.wistv.com/2022/12/02/one-dead-after-high-speed-pursuit-richland-county/
https://www.abccolumbia.com/2022/12/02/rcsd-arrests-man-after-car-chase-fatal-collision/

Kaitlyn Cefalde was a passenger in a car being chased by police. Police escalated a high-speed chase that ended in a severe crash that killed passenger Cefalde.

https://www.wfmj.com/story/49434049/marshals-suspect-in-high-speed-crash-that-killed-youngstown-woman-found-hiding-in-a-basement

A Dallas man whom police chased after a burglary died Wednesday after striking another vehicle then colliding with a pole in Richardson following a police pursuit.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/i-20-police-chase-suspect-killed

REASON FOR CHASE:
Traffic violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/30/2022, 25-year-old Luis Mauricio Perez Ortiz of Dallas was killed when the Dodge he was driving crashed at Centennial Boulevard and South Greenville Avenue in Richardson during a Garland Police Department pursuit. Two passengers in Ortiz's vehicle and the driver of an uninvolved pickup were injured.
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Shortly after 10:00 p.m., Garland police stopped Ortiz's vehicle in the 3800 block of West Walnut Street for alleged traffic violations. Officers made contact with the people inside, but Ortiz drove away from the stop. Garland officers pursued him toward Richardson.
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Garland police said the pursuit continued for several minutes. Ortiz was traveling at such a high speed that pursuing officers slowed and briefly lost sight of his vehicle. The entire interval between the attempted traffic stop and the fatal collision was approximately three minutes.
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At approximately 10:18 p.m., Ortiz traveled west on Centennial Boulevard and entered the intersection with South Greenville Avenue against a red traffic signal. His vehicle collided with a pickup traveling south on Greenville Avenue and then struck a pole.
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Ortiz was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead. Two passengers in his vehicle and the pickup driver were also transported to hospitals with injuries that police described as non-life-threatening. Richardson Police Department Special Crash Investigations investigated the fatal collision.
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Garland police reported finding narcotics and a large amount of money inside Ortiz's vehicle after the crash. The precise alleged traffic violations that prompted the original stop were not specified in the reporting located.
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This was the second fatal Garland Police Department pursuit in less than two weeks. On 11/19/2022, Garland officers pursued a vehicle from Garland into Dallas, where it crashed on Greenville Avenue, killing an unidentified 16-year-old passenger.

https://www.richardsonpolice.net/Home/Components/News/News/6746/5439?arch=1&npage=5
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/12/01/garland-police-pursuit-ends-with-fatal-crash-for-2nd-time-in-as-many-weeks/
https://www.fox4news.com/news/man-dies-after-leading-garland-police-on-chase

At approximately 12:10 p.m. on 11/29/2022, a Haverhill PD detective observed a motorcyclist pull into the Seven Eleven gas station at 503 River St. without a helmet. The motorcycle was unregistered and uninsured. The motorcyclist then fled the scene on foot and the detective pursued him on foot.
Kimball said other Haverhill Police units were called to help apprehend the man, who ran behind a building at 337 River St. Police followed the man and found him deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Kimball said. He was not publicly identified.

https://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/police-foot-chase-ends-in-apparent-suicide/article_a818dbf6-7049-11ed-a529-43a52d391333.html

Harris County Precinct One deputy constables were in a vehicle pursuit with the driver of a grey Honda Civic driving southbound in the northbound lanes of the Hardy Toll Road. The deputies drove parallel with the wrong way vehicle in the correct lane with emergency equipment activated. The Civic continued to drive the wrong way eastbound in the westbound lanes of the North Loop. The driver of the Civic then struck a Chevrolet Tahoe head-on. The driver of the Civic was pronounced dead at the scene.

https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2022/nov/nr112822-9.htm

Philadelphia PDchased what they believed to be a stolen Cadillac Escalade. During the chase, the car crashed into two vehicles and struck Bill Repko who was in a wheelchair panhandling at Aramingo and Castor avenues. He was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

https://6abc.com/police-chase-car-accident-stolen-vehicle-pursuit/12499948/

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/bill-repko-philadelphia-crash-port-richmond-crime/

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-crash-port-richmond-stolden-vehicle-man-killed/

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-in-wheelchair-dies-after-stolen-suv-crash/3435523/

A Springfield PD officer was stopped at a red light on 42nd Street and Main Street when they saw a dark-colored Range Rover pass him eastbound on Main Street. Police tried to chase it but temporarily lost track of it. They said the car was going 80-90 miles per hour. Police began searching for the car when they said they got a 911 call about a car crash in the 3800 block of Highway 126. Officials said they arrived “within seconds,” to find the driver of the Ranger Rover dead. Of note, officers can only be at a crash site within seconds if they are actively pursuing the vehicle prior to the crash.

https://www.kezi.com/news/one-man-dead-after-high-speed-crash/article_47d8e15a-6e37-11ed-82cc-0772651d1014.html

https://www.kezi.com/news/one-man-dead-after-high-speed-chase-leads-to-crash/article_47d8e15a-6e37-11ed-82cc-0772651d1014.html

Deputies tried to stop the 21-year-old driver for speeding along County Highway C about three miles outside of Waupun until the car crashed into a tree, killing the driver.

https://www.seehafernews.com/2022/11/25/one-dead-after-police-chase-crash-in-dodge-county/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Bystander killed during police pursuit of another person
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/25/2022, 26-year-old Kyreem Softleigh of Albany was killed when a vehicle driven by someone else crashed into the vehicle in which Softleigh was a passenger at Bradford and Ontario streets in Albany after the fleeing vehicle drove away from Albany police. Two other occupants of Softleigh's vehicle were injured.
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At approximately 10:15 p.m., Albany police encountered a man asleep behind the wheel near Central Avenue and North Lake Avenue. Officers approached the vehicle and woke him. Police said he then drove away toward Bradford and Ontario streets. Contemporary local reporting explicitly described the sequence as a police chase that led to the fatal crash.
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Later prosecution records provide an important detail omitted from the earliest reports: The fleeing vehicle reached approximately 80 mph while attempting to outrun police. At Bradford and Ontario streets, he drove through a stop sign and collided with the vehicle traveling south on Ontario Street in which Softleigh was riding.
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Softleigh was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. The two other people traveling with him were transported to Albany Medical Center Hospital with injuries. The fleeing driver survived the collision and ran from the crash scene before officers apprehended him.
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https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Serious-crash-closes-Albany-streets-17611949.php
https://wnyt.com/top-stories/arrest-made-after-fatal-crash/
https://www.albanycountyny.gov/Home/Components/News/News/2634/3760?arch=1
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/albany-man-pleads-guilty-vehicular-homicide-hours-19561362.php

Chicago PD chased an allegedly stolen Dodge charger at speeds in excess of 100 mph until it slammed into seven other vehicles, injuring 16 people and killing the driver and passenger of the car that had been chased into this wreck.

TOTAL FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2

https://www.ksla.com/2022/11/24/police-2-killed-16-injured-after-stolen-car-crashes/

Chicago PD chased an allegedly stolen Dodge charger at speeds in excess of 100 mph until it slammed into seven other vehicles, injuring 16 people and killing the driver and passenger of the car that had been chased into this wreck.

TOTAL FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2

https://www.ksla.com/2022/11/24/police-2-killed-16-injured-after-stolen-car-crashes/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit after armed domestic disturbance.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/24/2022, a 36-year-old man was killed after driving a blue Chevrolet Impala the wrong way on Interstate 94 and crashing head-on into traffic near 12 Mile Road in Roseville.
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At approximately 4:00 to 4:45 p.m., Roseville police responded to a family disturbance at an apartment complex on Nardelli Lane. Police said possible gunshots had been reported and that a man involved in the disturbance drove away.
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Roseville police subsequently disputed that officers were pursuing the Impala. However, civilian dash-camera footage obtained by Local 4 showed police activity immediately behind the vehicle. A witness said police arrived at the apartment complex with emergency lights and sirens and approximately 30 seconds later saw a blue Chevrolet Impala leave with police vehicles following it with their emergency lights activated. The witness described the Impala as being chased by police.
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The Impala entered Interstate 94 traveling against traffic. Approximately one mile from where the police activity was captured on video, the Impala collided head-on with vehicles traveling eastbound near 12 Mile Road.
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Police reported that at least three vehicles were struck. The collision killed the 36-year-old Impala driver and a 56-year-old person driving an uninvolved vehicle. Several additional people were injured.
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One of the other vehicles contained Justin Goodell, his wife and their eight children, who were traveling from Kentucky to Michigan for Thanksgiving. Their vehicle was struck during the chain-reaction crash, but the family survived.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/11/24/1-dead-several-injured-after-collision-with-wrong-way-driver-in-roseville/
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/11/25/heres-what-weve-learned-about-a-deadly-wrong-way-crash-in-macomb-county/
https://www.wxyz.com/news/family-dispute-results-in-fatal-shooting-and-crash-on-eb-i-94-at-12mile
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/thanksgiving-day-tragedy-after-family-argument-turns-violent-ends-in-deadly-crash

REASON FOR CHASE:
Bystander death due to high-speed pursuit of a vehicle involved in domestic disturbance.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/24/2022, an unidentified 56-year-old person was killed when a wrong-way Chevrolet Impala fleeing a police encounter crashed head-on into traffic on eastbound Interstate 94 near 12 Mile Road in Roseville.
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Roseville police had responded to a family disturbance at an apartment complex on Nardelli Lane involving reports of possible gunfire. A 36-year-old man involved in the disturbance left in a blue Chevrolet Impala.
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Although Roseville police subsequently disputed that an active pursuit had occurred, civilian dash-camera footage obtained by Local 4 showed police vehicles following the Impala with their emergency lights activated. A witness said he saw the Impala leave the apartment complex approximately 30 seconds after police arrived and described police as chasing it.
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The Impala subsequently entered Interstate 94 traveling against traffic. Near 12 Mile Road, it crashed head-on into vehicles traveling eastbound.
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The 56-year-old victim was an uninvolved road user and was not the person police were attempting to apprehend.
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The crash involved multiple vehicles and injured several additional people. Initial contemporary reporting identified only one death, but later fatal-crash records establish that two people died: the 36-year-old fleeing driver and this 56-year-old bystander.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/11/24/1-dead-several-injured-after-collision-with-wrong-way-driver-in-roseville/
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/11/25/heres-what-weve-learned-about-a-deadly-wrong-way-crash-in-macomb-county/
https://www.wxyz.com/news/family-dispute-results-in-fatal-shooting-and-crash-on-eb-i-94-at-12mile
https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/one-killed-in-fatal-crash-on-i-94-on-thanksgiving

REASON FOR CHASE:
Street Violence Tactical Team initiated pursuit for outstanding warrants.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/22/2022, Aimee Nicole Doughty was critically injured during a Fresno Police Department pursuit involving a Ford F-150 driven by Anthony Jeff. Doughty subsequently died from her injuries on 12/12/2022. Federal litigation filed by her estate and six minor children now provides considerably more information about the police encounter than was publicly available when the crash occurred.
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At approximately 7:50 a.m., members of the Fresno Police Department Street Violence Tactical Team began following Jeff. Police knew Jeff was subject to an arrest warrant for an alleged violation of post-release community supervision. Officers followed him until he stopped to get fuel at the Sinclair station at North First Street and East Gettysburg Avenue.
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Doughty got out of the truck and went inside the gas station. When she returned, officers moved in to arrest Jeff. Jeff accelerated away, striking two undercover police vehicles and another vehicle as he left the station. Doughty got into the bed of the pickup as Jeff drove away. Fresno officers then initiated a vehicle pursuit, and additional officers joined after a radio broadcast.
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The pursuit traveled approximately two miles south through Fresno. Contemporary reporting described it as a short chase down First Street. Near East Michigan Avenue and North Bond Street, police used a vehicle-contact maneuver against the Ford F-150. According to the federal court's description of the allegations, a police vehicle struck the rear driver's side of Jeff's truck, causing it to rotate counterclockwise. Doughty was ejected from the truck bed.
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Jeff's truck also collided with two other vehicles. Jeff got out through the driver's-side window and ran before officers arrested him. Police initially did not realize where Doughty had landed. She was subsequently found unconscious in debris near the crash and transported to Community Regional Medical Center in critical condition.
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Doughty remained hospitalized for approximately three weeks. On 12/12/2022, she was pronounced dead. Later federal court records state that her cause of death was head trauma from blunt impact.
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In January 2024, Marissa Maldonado, representing Doughty's estate, and Doughty's six minor children filed a federal civil-rights and wrongful-death lawsuit against the City of Fresno and others. The defendants include Fresno officers R. Harrell and E. Clairborne and then-Chief Paco Balderrama. The lawsuit alleges excessive force, negligence, municipal liability and other claims arising from the pursuit and Doughty's death.
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The federal case remains active. A September 2025 scheduling order set expert discovery deadlines during 2026, a pretrial conference for November 2026 and trial for January 2027.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Fresno Police Officers R. Harrell and E. Clairborne are identified as defendants in the federal civil-rights lawsuit arising from Doughty's death.

https://abc30.com/fresno-police-chase-first-street-anthony-jeff/12481704/
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-caed-1_24-cv-00102/pdf/USCOURTS-caed-1_24-cv-00102-7.pdf
https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/caedce/1%3A2024cv00102/440488/48
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/caedce/1%3A2024cv00102/440488

Livingston Parish deputies were chasing a driver who had outstanding felony warrants. As a result of the chase, his truck hit a third party motorist along LA-16 near Sims Road. Two passengers in the truck, 25-year-old Cullen Pitre and 27-year-old Logan McDonald, died at the scene.

https://www.wbrz.com/news/livingston-parish-chase-led-to-wreck-that-killed-two-people-on-la-16/

https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/breaking_news/two-die-in-crash-north-of-watson-that-followed-short-pursuit-sheriff-says/article_e90aa602-6a6e-11ed-aca9-4f8d242f65b2.html

Livingston Parish deputies were chasing a driver who had outstanding felony warrants. As a result of the chase, his truck hit a third party motorist along LA-16 near Sims Road. Two passengers in the truck, 25-year-old Cullen Pitre and 27-year-old Logan McDonald, died at the scene.

https://www.wbrz.com/news/livingston-parish-chase-led-to-wreck-that-killed-two-people-on-la-16/

https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/breaking_news/two-die-in-crash-north-of-watson-that-followed-short-pursuit-sheriff-says/article_e90aa602-6a6e-11ed-aca9-4f8d242f65b2.html

Brandon Gulley was chased for unknown reasons by Maple Bluff PD until he crashed into a tree. He then took off on foot, was found and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Police did not reveal why they chased him. Four other people were injured in the wreck.

https://www.nbc15.com/2022/11/21/driver-dies-after-maple-bluff-police-chase-ends-crash/

https://www.channel3000.com/news/crime/medical-examiner-s-office-identifies-man-who-died-after-crashing-during-police-chase/article_1edc27ad-3c75-5180-92e3-800e747e7d78.html

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit of vehicle reported stolen.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/20/2022, an unidentified 13-year-old girl was killed when the stolen 2023 Hyundai in which she was riding crashed during a Beaumont Police Department pursuit. The crash occurred near Major Drive and Interstate 10 in Beaumont.
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At approximately 3:35 a.m., Beaumont police received a report of a vehicle burglary in progress in the 3100 block of Ethan Symone Street. Responding officers encountered the people involved driving away in the silver Hyundai. Police followed the vehicle as it traveled toward Major Drive and Interstate 10.
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At approximately 3:43 a.m., the driver lost control of the Hyundai and struck a concrete pillar. FARS-derived crash data records the matching Beaumont fatal crash at 3:43 a.m., involving one vehicle, five people and one fatality.
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Four occupants got out of the wrecked Hyundai and ran. Officers arrested two juveniles following the crash and continued searching for two other occupants. Police found the 13-year-old girl dead inside the vehicle.
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https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Early-morning-car-chase-ends-with-child-s-death-17599498.php
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars

Garland PD chased a vehicle they believed was involved in prior robberies. The chase continued until the vehicle crashed in the 12200 block of Greenville Ave. One person was killed, 2 others hospitalized.

https://headtopics.com/us/police-pursuit-beginning-in-garland-ends-with-deadly-crash-in-dallas-officials-say-31915498

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit of alleged shoplifter.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/19/2022, 63-year-old Arthur L. Wright of Cheshire was killed when the Lexus in which he was a passenger crashed into a series of vehicles on Highland Avenue while its driver, Walter H. Spencer, was fleeing an attempted traffic stop by Cheshire police.
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The encounter began after a reported shoplifting at Cheshire Wine & Spirits on Highland Avenue. Cheshire Police Chief Neil Dryfe later confirmed that a police sergeant attempted to stop the Lexus in connection with the theft. The sergeant subsequently stopped actively following the Lexus before the fatal sequence of collisions.
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At approximately 4:15 p.m., Spencer was driving north on Highland Avenue with Wright in the front passenger seat. Connecticut State Police reported that the Lexus crossed into the southbound lane and struck a Volkswagen Jetta. It returned to the northbound lane and struck a Jeep Commander, rotated, struck the rear of a Mitsubishi Eclipse and continued north before crashing into the rear of a Ford Transit van near West Johnson Avenue.
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Wright suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to Saint Mary's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Spencer and the drivers of the Mitsubishi and Ford were also transported to hospitals with injuries.
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The police connection was established even more clearly in the subsequent criminal case. In June 2023, Connecticut State Police arrested Spencer on a warrant charging him with first-degree manslaughter, interfering with an officer, failure to stop when signaled and five counts of evading responsibility. Reporting based on the arrest warrant explicitly described Spencer as fleeing Cheshire police before the series of crashes that killed Wright.

https://www.wfsb.com/2022/11/19/cheshire-police-vehicle-collides-with-multiple-cars-different-locations/
https://www.cspnews.org/post/11-19-22-state-police-investigate-fatal-collision-on-highland-ave-in-cheshire
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Cheshire-fatal-crash-traffic-stop-Route-10-17601620.php

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit of vehicle linked to previous incidents.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/19/2022, an unidentified 16-year-old boy was killed when the Chevrolet Tahoe in which he was riding crashed during a Garland Police Department pursuit that began in Garland and continued into Dallas. Five people were inside the Tahoe.
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Garland police had been investigating a group connected to burglaries in Mesquite, Arlington, Pantego, Grand Prairie, Hutchins, Dallas, Duncanville, Garland and other North Texas communities. Police said people connected to the burglaries had been recorded carrying rifles and other firearms, and a firearm had been discharged during at least one of the burglaries.
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Shortly after 10:00 p.m., Garland officers recognized the white Tahoe associated with the investigation and attempted to stop it near Kingsley Road. The driver continued away, and Garland police pursued the vehicle toward Dallas. A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter also tracked the Tahoe during the pursuit.
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In the 12200 block of Greenville Avenue in Dallas's Lake Highlands area, the driver lost control, overcorrected and caused the Tahoe to overturn. Three occupants were ejected. Two occupants who suffered relatively minor injuries ran from the crash but were arrested shortly afterward. Three other occupants were transported to hospitals, where the 16-year-old passenger died.
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Police recovered five loaded firearms from the wrecked Tahoe: three AR-15-style pistols and two handguns. Garland police said the weapons were believed to have been stolen during or used in offenses under investigation. The teenager killed was deliberately not publicly identified by Garland police.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/garland-police-chase-crash-guns
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article269131587.html
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2023/11/01/dallas-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charge-stemming-from-police-chase-fatal-crash-in-2022/
https://www.fox4news.com/news/suspects-involved-in-deadly-car-chase-connected-to-string-of-burglaries-across-north-texas-police-say

Miguel G. Romero was walking on Front Street and New York Avenue in Uniondale, NY when he was hit by a Nassau County PD officer in an unmarked car. It is unclear how fast the officer was driving or what led to the accident.

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2022/attorney-generals-office-special-investigation-opens-investigation-civilian-21

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/nassau-police-id-man-killed-by-unmarked-police-car/ar-AA14o3I1?ocid=hplocalnews

https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/nassau-officers-investigated-after-cop-car-killed-pedestrian

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/nassau/news/47-year-old-pedestrian-dies-after-being-struck-by-police-car-in-uniondale/849893/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Speeding without headlights.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/18/2022, an unidentified 18-year-old man was killed after crashing his vehicle immediately following an attempted traffic stop by Woods Cross Police Officer Salas in Davis County, Utah. The collision occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. on 500 West in Bountiful.
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Officer Salas was conducting radar enforcement when he observed the red passenger vehicle traveling northbound on 500 West without its headlights illuminated. Woods Cross Police Department records state that radar measured the vehicle at 92 mph. Salas attempted a traffic stop, but the driver continued away.
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Woods Cross police stated that Salas did not pursue the vehicle after the driver continued away. Salas nevertheless remained close enough to witness the subsequent driving and crash. The department reported that the driver continued traveling erratically, lost control and struck a curb. The impact caused the vehicle to lose a rear tire.
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The disabled vehicle then crossed into opposing traffic and collided with a southbound vehicle at approximately 620 South 500 West in Bountiful. Both drivers were transported to hospitals. The 18-year-old driver died from his injuries, while the uninvolved driver suffered numerous serious injuries.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Woods Cross Police Officer Salas was publicly identified in official city records as the officer who attempted the traffic stop.

https://www.standard.net/police-fire/2022/nov/21/bountiful-police-investigate-fatal-high-speed-crash/
https://woodscross.gov/vertical/sites/%7B1E8AA2ED-77CC-41F1-8DA8-74322646B85C%7D/uploads/2023_1.3_CC_Min.pdf

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REASON FOR CHASE:
Minor moving violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/17/2022, 33-year-old Amber Ponce was killed when the Ford Mustang in which she was a passenger crashed off an elevated section of Interstate 35 near Frio Street in downtown San Antonio immediately after a Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputy attempted to stop the vehicle.
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At approximately 2:30 a.m., a Bexar County sheriff's deputy encountered the Mustang traveling approximately 40 mph on I-35 South. The deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Sheriff Javier Salazar said the driver began pulling toward the side of the highway as though he intended to stop, but then accelerated away.
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Salazar said the deputy was about to radio that he was initiating a pursuit when the crash occurred. The Mustang went over the concrete barrier near the Frio Street/Cesar Chavez Boulevard ramp and fell to the street below. Salazar later said the vehicle traveled approximately 110 feet after leaving the elevated roadway and tumbled before coming to rest.
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Ponce was killed in the crash. The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office subsequently identified her and determined that she died from a cervical injury.
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https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/11/17/1-person-dead-man-hospitalized-after-car-goes-off-highway-ramp-and-lands-on-street-below-bcso-says/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/11/17/man-who-drove-off-elevated-i-35-ramp-killing-passenger-is-being-checked-for-dwi-sheriff-says/
https://www.ktsa.com/bexar-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-fatal-car-crash-near-downtown/

Multiple law enforcement agencies chased a car until it crashed, resulting in 1 person killed, 3 injured in fiery crash in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood in the 3300 block of East Carson Street.

https://triblive.com/local/1-dead-3-injured-after-police-chase-and-fiery-crash-on-pittsburghs-south-side/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit after police shots fired from vehicle.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/14/2022, 17-year-old Jaquan Cason was killed when the vehicle he occupied crashed during a Fort Worth Police Department pursuit in Tarrant County. Nineteen-year-old Gabrielle Ramirez was also killed, and a third occupant was injured.
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At approximately 2:30 p.m., an off-duty Fort Worth police sergeant was traveling east on Interstate 20 when he reported seeing someone in another vehicle fire a gun at a second vehicle. Fort Worth police located the vehicle and attempted to stop it near I-20 and Mansfield Highway. The driver continued away and police followed.
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The vehicle traveled south toward Kennedale. At West Kennedale Parkway and North Dick Price Road, it collided with another vehicle and overturned. Two firearms were ejected from the vehicle during the rollover. Investigators subsequently determined that the vehicle had been reported stolen in Grand Prairie.
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Cason and Ramirez suffered fatal blunt-force injuries. A third occupant of their vehicle was transported to a hospital. The driver of the uninvolved vehicle struck during the crash was also hospitalized.

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article268753582.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/2-dead-after-stolen-vehicle-rolled-over/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Police chase after officer reported shots fired from vehicle.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/14/2022, 19-year-old Gabrielle Ramirez was killed when the vehicle she occupied crashed during a Fort Worth Police Department pursuit in Tarrant County. Seventeen-year-old Jaquan Cason was also killed, while a third occupant survived.
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At approximately 2:30 p.m., an off-duty Fort Worth police sergeant traveling east on Interstate 20 reported seeing someone in the vehicle fire a gun at another vehicle. Fort Worth police subsequently located the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop near I-20 and Mansfield Highway. The driver continued away and officers followed.
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The vehicle traveled south toward Kennedale and collided with an uninvolved vehicle at West Kennedale Parkway and North Dick Price Road. The pursued vehicle overturned, ejecting two firearms. Police subsequently determined that the vehicle had been reported stolen in Grand Prairie.
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Cason and Ramirez died from blunt-force injuries. A third occupant was hospitalized, as was the driver of the uninvolved vehicle. Police said they had not located anyone injured in the reported gunfire that precipitated the attempted stop.

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https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article268753582.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/2-dead-after-stolen-vehicle-rolled-over/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Erratic driver.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/11/2022, 15-year-old Cayden Blake Britt of Oneonta was killed when a pickup truck driven by a 17-year-old driver crashed on Alabama Highway 91 near County Road 549 in Cullman County. Fellow passengers Dailan Kameron Jennings, 16, and Evan Magana, 15, were also killed.
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At approximately 1:30 a.m., Hanceville police had been notified about an erratic driver. Assistant Police Chief Adam Hadder said an officer believed he saw the reported vehicle and turned around to follow it. Hadder maintained that the officer never caught up with the pickup and that it was already out of sight before the officer completed the turn. ALEA's subsequent investigation nevertheless determined that Maldonado-Vasquez was attempting to elude the Hanceville officer when the crash occurred.
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Maldonado-Vasquez lost control of the pickup on Alabama 91 approximately three miles east of Hanceville. The truck struck a guardrail and then a tree and caught fire. Maldonado-Vasquez was ejected and critically injured. Britt, Jennings and Magana died at the scene.
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Later court records established that Maldonado-Vasquez was traveling at more than 100 mph while attempting to elude police.
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Cayden was a sophomore at Susan Moore High School and played football, baseball and basketball. His family established the Cayden Britt Memorial Athletic Scholarship Fund in his memory.

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https://www.waff.com/2022/11/16/blount-co-teenagers-killed-wreck-driver-attempted-elude-police/
https://www.wbrc.com/2022/11/18/alea-three-teens-killed-cullman-county-crash-were-trying-get-away-police/
https://www.cullmantribune.com/2022/11/11/3-teens-killed-in-hwy-91-crash/
https://www.cullmantribune.com/2025/11/18/bond-revoked-for-man-facing-3-murder-counts-in-fiery-hanceville-crash/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit of erratic driver.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/11/2022, 16-year-old Dailan Kameron Jennings of Oneonta was killed when a pickup driven by 17-year-old Ramon Maldonado-Vasquez crashed on Alabama Highway 91 near County Road 549 in Cullman County. Passengers Cayden Blake Britt, 15, and Evan Magana, 15, were also killed.
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Hanceville police had received a report of an erratic driver shortly before the crash. An officer spotted what he believed was the reported pickup and turned around to follow it. Police said the pickup disappeared from the officer's view before he could catch up, while ALEA subsequently reported that Maldonado-Vasquez was attempting to elude the officer.
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Maldonado-Vasquez lost control on Alabama 91 shortly after 1:00 a.m. The pickup struck a guardrail and tree and caught fire. The three passengers died at the scene, while Maldonado-Vasquez was ejected and critically injured.
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Dailan had been a junior at Susan Moore High School. He enjoyed riding four-wheelers, fishing, hunting and spending time with family and friends.
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https://www.waff.com/2022/11/16/blount-co-teenagers-killed-wreck-driver-attempted-elude-police/
https://www.wbrc.com/2022/11/18/alea-three-teens-killed-cullman-county-crash-were-trying-get-away-police/
https://www.cullmantribune.com/2022/11/11/3-teens-killed-in-hwy-91-crash/
https://www.cullmantribune.com/2025/11/18/bond-revoked-for-man-facing-3-murder-counts-in-fiery-hanceville-crash/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Pursuit of erratic driver.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/11/2022, 15-year-old Evan Manuel Magana of Snead was killed when a pickup driven by 17-year-old Ramon Maldonado-Vasquez crashed on Alabama Highway 91 near County Road 549 in Cullman County. Cayden Blake Britt, 15, and Dailan Kameron Jennings, 16, were also killed.
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Shortly before the crash, Hanceville police received a report of an erratic driver. An officer saw what police believed was the reported pickup and turned around to follow it. Hanceville police said the pickup was out of sight before the officer could catch up, but ALEA subsequently determined that Maldonado-Vasquez was attempting to elude the officer.
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Maldonado-Vasquez lost control of the pickup on Alabama 91. The vehicle struck a guardrail and then a tree before catching fire. Evan, Cayden and Dailan died at the scene. Maldonado-Vasquez was ejected and critically injured.
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https://www.waff.com/2022/11/16/blount-co-teenagers-killed-wreck-driver-attempted-elude-police/
https://www.wbrc.com/2022/11/18/alea-three-teens-killed-cullman-county-crash-were-trying-get-away-police/
https://www.cullmantribune.com/2022/11/11/3-teens-killed-in-hwy-91-crash/
https://www.cullmantribune.com/2025/11/18/bond-revoked-for-man-facing-3-murder-counts-in-fiery-hanceville-crash/

Delaware State Police say a trooper observed a car driving recklessly on Vines Creek Road west of Powell Farm Road and attempted a traffic stop. Police say the trooper chased the car while it ignored emergency lights and sirens, continuing to drive recklessly at high speeds. When the car reached the intersection of Roxana Road and Pyle Center Road, he collided with a tractor trailer, who had a green light. The vehicle crashed into the rear of the tractor trailer, lodging itself underneath. The trailer dragged the car a short distance before stopping.Phillip Bratton died on the scene.

https://www.wboc.com/news/update-police-pursuit-turns-into-deadly-crash-in-frankford/article_a5ad571e-62c7-11ed-994e-8fd0d6d8b38d.html

Sacramento PD located a man they wanted for a previous crime and started chasing him. He fled and eventually crashed at Cosumnes River Boulevard east of Franklin Boulevard, roughly a mile away from where the chase started.Viera said that driver was transported to a hospital where he later died.

https://www.kcra.com/article/police-chase-ends-with-crash-in-sacramento/41927136

A clerk at the Shell gas station on the southeast corner of 159th St. and Dixie Hwy. in Harvey called 911 and complained that an “irate woman with a gun” was vandalizing the store. Harvey PD and Hazel Crest PD responded to the call and the woman got into the vehicle and proceeded to drive southbound on Dixie Highway at a high rate of speed. The Harvey police officer escalated a chase which reached a high rate of speed. The fleeing vehicle swerved to avoid another vehicle, lost control, and crashed into a sign at 170th Street, split in two and all three of the occupants were ejected. Two died at the scene and another was transported to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn in critical condition. The third victim has also died.

https://thesouthlandjournal.com/vehicle-fleeing-police-in-harvey-results-in-fatal-crash/

A clerk at the Shell gas station on the southeast corner of 159th St. and Dixie Hwy. in Harvey called 911 and complained that an ‘irate woman with a gun” was vandalizing the store. Harvey PD and Hazel Crest PD responded to the call and the woman got into the vehicle and proceeded to drive southbound on Dixie Highway at a high rate of speed. The Harvey police officer escalated a chase which reached a high rate of speed. The fleeing vehicle swerved to avoid another vehicle, lost control, and crashed into a sign at 170th Street, split in two and all three of the occupants were ejected. Two died at the scene and another was transported to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn in critical condition. The third victim reportedly also died in the hospital.
Image Credits: Philip Dillman via Facebook

https://thesouthlandjournal.com/vehicle-fleeing-police-in-harvey-results-in-fatal-crash/

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office investigated a chase that stretched from Marlboro to Old Bridge on Nov. 9, 2022. One motorist died in a crash at the end of the chase.Police chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed, resulted in the death of bystander ArturoTlapa Luna. Marlboro police officer Sgt. Greg Arrone escalated a chase of the car that ended after the car hit several other vehicles on Route 9 south in Old Bridge in the area of Spring Valley Road shortly after 2 a.m. The occupant of one of the bystander cars, 33-year-old Freehold resident Arturo Tlapa-Luna, was killed in the crash. His wife, father and two daughters were also in the car and suffered severe injuries but survived.

https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2023/01/investigators-release-video-of-stolen-car-police-chase-that-ended-in-fatal-crash.html

https://patch.com/new-jersey/marlboro-coltsneck/audio-video-released-update-fatal-marlboro-police-chase-probe

https://www.njoag.gov/update-ags-office-releases-video-footage-audio-of-9-1-1-call-and-police-radio-communications-in-old-bridge-fatal-crash-following-police-pursuit/

Video:
https://njoag.app.box.com/s/rsdblhfawsx97pi0faw2s9buy2kwqkdl

A clerk at the Shell gas station on the southeast corner of 159th St. and Dixie Hwy. in Harvey called 911 and complained that an ”irate woman with a gun” was vandalizing the store. Harvey PD and Hazel Crest PD responded to the call and the woman got into the vehicle and proceeded to drive southbound on Dixie Highway at a high rate of speed. The Harvey police officer escalated a chase which reached a high rate of speed. The fleeing vehicle swerved to avoid another vehicle, lost control, and crashed into a sign at 170th Street, split in two and all three of the occupants were ejected. Two died at the scene and another was transported to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn in critical condition. The third victim has also died.

https://thesouthlandjournal.com/vehicle-fleeing-police-in-harvey-results-in-fatal-crash/

REASON FOR CHASE:
Bystander killed after Divernon Police Officer Patrick Hurley stopped another driver for speeding.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/08/2022, 35-year-old Lauren A. Wegner of Skokie was killed when a man drove a GMC Sierra northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 and crashed into Wegner's Mercury Sable near Springfield.
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At approximately 7:13 p.m., Divernon Police Officer Patrick Hurley encountered the vehicle after seeing his pickup traveling at more than 100 mph. Hurley activated his emergency lights and siren, and the man exited I-55 at exit 88 and initially pulled onto the shoulder. During the approximately four-minute stop, Hurley reported smelling alcohol.
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A Sangamon County Sheriff's Office deputy arrived to assist. After police decided he should be taken into custody, he accelerated away. He entered Interstate 55 using an exit ramp and drove northbound into southbound traffic. Hurley subsequently testified that after he drove away and entered the wrong-way lanes, he saw what he described as a ball of fire from the ensuing crash.
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At approximately 7:30 p.m., the GMC Sierra struck Wegner's Mercury Sable and a Toyota Corolla occupied by a 61-year-old man and 54-year-old woman from Granite City. Four vehicles were ultimately involved. Wegner died at the scene. The two occupants of the Toyota survived with serious injuries, including broken bones, spinal injuries and brain bleeding.
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Lauren was born on 05/27/1987 in Skokie. She had recently returned to Skokie to live near her parents after living in North Carolina and told them shortly before her death that she was happy to be home. She attended Niles West High School, played volleyball, loved animals and the Green Bay Packers, and worked as a bartender at Morrison Roadhouse in Niles. She was driving to St. Louis to visit friends when she was killed. Her family directed memorial contributions to Community Animal Rescue Effort.
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Lauren's father, Bill Wegner, subsequently filed a civil lawsuit against the fleeing driver and the officers involved. The lawsuit alleges that officers engaged in an unauthorized pursuit of a suicidal person that culminated in the fatal wrong-way crash.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Former Divernon Police Officer Patrick Hurley was publicly identified as the officer who initially stopped the fleeing vehicle. A Sangamon County Sheriff's Office deputy arrived to assist, but the available reporting reviewed does not publicly identify that deputy. The civil litigation brought by Lauren Wegner's father includes claims concerning the officers' handling of the fleeing driver and the pursuit.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/11/14/23458467/auburn-man-charged-in-jan-6-assault-now-in-custody-after-fatal-wrong-way-i-55-crash
https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2022/11/16/23462385/downstate-crash-murder-charge-skokie-woman-killed-lauren-wegner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/11/22/23474181/u-s-capitol-rioter-worried-jail-time-made-suicidal-comments-before-crash-killed-skokie-woman-report
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/04/28/former-jan-6-defendant-set-to-stand-trial-for-skokie-womans-murder
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/04/29/testimony-begins-in-ex-jan-6-defendants-murder-trial-it-was-only-supposed-to-be-me
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-08-20/an-auburn-man-sentenced-in-a-2022-deadly-interstate-55-accident-first-listen
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/lauren-wegner-obituary?id=37182906
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ntewx-in-memory-of-lauren

REASON FOR CHASE:
Police chase for vehicle reported stolen.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/08/2022, 23-year-old Abdikadir M. Issack of Willmar was killed when a stolen Honda Accord driven by 25-year-old Abdeljabar Ahmed Sharif crashed while fleeing Bloomington police near the Mall of America. Issack was the front-seat passenger.
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Shortly before 4:00 p.m., an automated license-plate reader at a Mall of America parking-ramp entrance identified the Honda as a vehicle reported stolen from Minneapolis. Bloomington police coordinated with mall security to locate the vehicle and officers attempted a high-risk traffic stop on the ground level of the West Parking Ramp.
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Sharif drove away from the officers and traveled onto Lindau Lane toward the entrance ramp to eastbound Interstate 494. Accounts differ somewhat in how they characterize the police activity immediately before the crash. The Minnesota State Patrol crash record characterized Bloomington police as pursuing the Honda, while the criminal complaint stated that Bloomington officers did not actively pursue after the Honda left Mall of America property. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges later said officers did not have sufficient time to initiate a pursuit before the crash.
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At approximately 4:03 p.m., Sharif lost control while negotiating the entrance ramp. The Honda jumped a median, crossed another lane, left the roadway and struck a concrete bridge pillar. Issack suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Sharif and rear passenger Kanani Mekonen Legese, 20, survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
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https://www.startribune.com/man-who-died-in-crash-of-a-stolen-car-fleeing-police-out-of-moa-ramp-was-23-year-old-from-willmar/600223903/
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/1-dead-2-hurt-in-stolen-vehicle-crash-near-mall-of-america-police-say/
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/man-faces-criminal-vehicular-homicide-charges-for-stolen-car-crash-in-bloomington/
https://www.fox9.com/news/driver-sentenced-in-stolen-vehicle-fatal-crash-near-mall-of-america