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Tien Thuy Le 1 of 2

Gender : Male

Age : 54

Race : Asian

Date : 05/21/2022

Location : N 65th St

City : Sacramento

County : Sacramento

State : California

Agency : Sacramento PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Binh Nguyen and Tien Thuy Le were third party motorists who were killed as they were driving for coffee in the city’s Little Saigon neighborhood. Police reported two vehicles “driving recklessly” and chased the vehicle until it crashed just north of 65th Street when a 2012 Mercedes Benz S550 allegedly driven by J C Monroe crashed into the couple’s 2016 Toyota RAV4, killing them. Family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and police, accusing officers of negligence by continuing a high-speed chase through rush-hour traffic.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article272800955.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/sac-police-chase-suspect-crash-married-couple/