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Justin Allen Frostad

Age : 28

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 10/29/2021

Location : County Road 3875, approximately 1.8 miles east of U.S. Highway 75

City : Independence

County : Montgomery

State : Kansas

Agency : Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police during chase and crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office initiated a pursuit of a 2007 Kia Optima driven by Justin Allen Frostad on County Road 3875. Available contemporary reports and the Kansas Highway Patrol crash account identify the incident as a police pursuit but do not disclose why deputies initially attempted to stop Frostad.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 10/29/2021, shortly before 11:00 a.m., Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies pursued 28-year-old Justin Allen Frostad eastbound on County Road 3875 in rural Montgomery County. Frostad was driving a 2007 Kia Optima with 20-year-old Shania Marie Parks of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, riding as a passenger.
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Approximately 1.8 miles east of U.S. Highway 75, the Kia crossed railroad tracks during the pursuit. Frostad lost control immediately after crossing the tracks, and the Kia left the north side of the roadway, rolled multiple times and came to rest upside down in a field.
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Frostad was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was transported to Webb & Rodrick Chapel. Parks suffered serious injuries and was transported to a Tulsa hospital for treatment. Kansas Highway Patrol reported that neither Frostad nor Parks was wearing a seat belt.
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Contemporary reporting does not disclose the pursuit’s maximum speed, total distance, duration, whether deputies attempted PIT/TVI or deployed stop sticks, or whether police alleged they discontinued the pursuit before the crash. The public accounts consistently describe the incident as an active Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office pursuit when Frostad lost control after crossing the railroad tracks.
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Frostad had lived in the Montgomery County area, with records placing him in Caney, Coffeyville and Neodesha at different times. Public reporting surrounding his death concentrated almost entirely on the pursuit and his criminal history; no reliable obituary or family memorial located in the available indexed material provides sufficient information about his work, family, children or personal life to add a verified biographical account.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality, 1 Serious Injury.
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DISPOSITION:
Kansas Highway Patrol investigated the fatal crash. No Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputy was criminally charged for the deputy’s role in initiating or continuing the pursuit.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office did not publicly identify the deputy or deputies who initiated and participated in the fatal pursuit.
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LITIGATION:
No civil litigation arising from Frostad’s death was identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ksal.com/driver-killed-in-high-speed-chase-crash/
https://hayspost.com/posts/baecbed2-2479-4872-a61e-ab7584188507
https://www.kwch.com/2021/10/30/deadly-overnight-montgomery-co-police-chase/
https://kggfradio.com/local-news/601823