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Arturo Tlapa Luna

Gender : Male

Age : 33

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 11/09/2022

Location : Old Bridge

City : Marlboro

County : Monmouth

State : New Jersey

Agency : Marlboro PD

Officer(s) :Sgt. Greg Arrone

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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 uninvolved driver AfturoTlapa Luna.

A Marlboro police officer, identified Friday as 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 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.

SOURCE LINKS :

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

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