Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age : 50
Race : Unknown
Date : 09/29/2024
Location : 19th Street and Rainier Avenue
City : Everett
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : Washington State Patrol
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driver killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Washington State Patrol chased a vehicle for a moving violation. The driver fled and police escalated a chase that ended in the Riverside neighborhood when the vehicle T-boned a teenage driver and crashed into the bushes. The teenage bystander was injured. The man who was chased until he wrecked the vehicle died in the hospital from his injuries. He was described as a 50-year-old man by friends. Washington State in 2021 banned police pursuits. With pressure from the police lobby, the state lifted pursuit restrictions for serious felonies only in 2023. This pursuit was reportedly initiated for a moving violation with no reports of a dire emergency warranting a pursuit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://komonews.com/news/local/state-patrol-pursuit-leads-to-deadly-rollover-crash
