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Name Not Disclosed

Age : 43

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 08/16/2022

Location : 10500 block of W Montgomery Road

City : Houston

County : Harris

State : Texas

Agency : Houston Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/16/2022, at approximately 12:43–12:45 a.m., Houston Police Department patrol officers encountered a 43-year-old man driving a red Nissan Altima in north Houston. Officers initiated the attempted traffic stop specifically because the Altima was being driven without its headlights on. Police said this caused officers to suspect that the driver might be impaired.
Officers activated their emergency lights and siren and directed the driver toward a parking lot. Instead, the driver continued driving away at high speed northbound on West Montgomery Road while Houston police pursued.
The pursuit ended in the 10500 block of West Montgomery Road. According to HPD, the Nissan struck a curb on the east side of the roadway while negotiating a curve, crossed the median and crashed into a pole on the opposite side of the road. Officers reached the crashed vehicle, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the sole person in the Nissan, and no other vehicles were involved.
At the scene, HPD spokesperson Belinda Knoll said police did not know why the driver continued driving away and characterized intoxication only as a police suspicion. The available reporting does not establish that impairment had been confirmed at the time of the crash.
Because the death occurred during the police encounter, HPD's Internal Affairs Division and the Harris County District Attorney's Office investigated the incident. HPD also announced that body-camera footage would be released within 30 days. The HPD incident number is 109509722-Z.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://abc13.com/deadly-police-chase-crash-west-montgomery-road-fatal-man-dies-in-after-houston-hpd-high-speed/12130529/
https://cityofhouston.news/investigation-into-fatal-crash-at-10500-west-montgomery-road/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/high-speed-chase-suspect-dies-in-crash-in-northwest-houston-police-say