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Name Not Disclosed
Age : 17
Gender : Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 02/22/2022
Location : Alabama Highway 47
City : St. Florian
County : Lauderdale
State : Alabama
Agency : Florence Police Department; Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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REASON FOR CHASE: Stolen vehicle; police pursued the 17-year-old after Florence police located a pickup matching a BOLO for a truck reported stolen from Ozark, Alabama.
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NARRATIVE:
On 02/24/2022, an unidentified 17-year-old male was killed when the pickup truck he was driving collided with another vehicle on Alabama Highway 47 in St. Florian during a police pursuit involving the Florence Police Department and Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office.
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Law enforcement had received a BOLO for a pickup truck reported stolen from Ozark, Alabama. Florence police located a truck matching the description on Helton Drive and began pursuing it.
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Florence police pursued the truck until it traveled outside the city limits. Police alleged they discontinued the pursuit. Lauderdale County sheriff’s deputies then began pursuing the truck.
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The pursuit continued into the St. Florian area on Alabama Highway 47. Contemporary reporting states that the truck was traveling at more than 100 mph before it collided with another vehicle.
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The 17-year-old driver of the pursued truck was killed in the crash. The other vehicle was driven by 53-year-old Christopher C. White of Florence. White survived and was airlifted to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
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Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said deputies had lost sight of the truck before coming upon the two-vehicle crash scene. Alabama state troopers investigated the fatal collision.
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The deceased teenager’s name was not released in the contemporary reporting located. His identity also remains unpublished on the existing database record.
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The available reporting establishes that the pursuit exceeded 100 mph but does not provide the total pursuit distance or exact duration.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Florence Police Department and Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office did not publicly identify the officers or deputies who initiated or participated in the pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.waff.com/2022/02/26/teen-dies-after-car-chase-lauderdale-county/
