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Francis De La Cruz Abad

Age : 21

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 05/25/2021

Location : 228 NJ-33

City : Trenton

County : Mercer

State : New Jersey

Agency : Hamilton Township Police Department

Officer(s) :Officer Brian Davis

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Fatal collision during attempted traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR CHASE: Hamilton Township Police Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked police vehicle, saw Abad operating a Yamaha scooter erratically and without a helmet shortly after 9:00 p.m. on 05/25/2021. Davis attempted to stop Abad for the traffic violations.
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NARRATIVE:
On 05/25/2021, shortly after 9:00 p.m., Hamilton Township Police Detective Brian Davis attempted to stop 21-year-old Francis Delacruz Abad while Davis was driving an unmarked police vehicle near Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road. Abad was operating a Yamaha scooter.
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Abad continued westbound on Route 33 after Davis attempted the stop. Near Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Abad collided with a Dodge Caravan whose driver was turning left from eastbound Route 33 into the Mercerville Shopping Center.
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The collision threw Abad from the scooter and into the windshield of the Dodge Caravan. Emergency personnel transported him to Capital Health Regional Medical Center. Abad died from his injuries at approximately 3:00 p.m. on 05/27/2021, two days after the crash.
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The New Jersey Attorney General's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability investigated Abad's death under the state's Independent Prosecutor Directive. Investigators interviewed witnesses, examined photographs, reviewed body-worn-camera footage and obtained the medical examiner's autopsy findings. Video documenting the aftermath of the crash was also presented during the subsequent grand-jury proceeding.
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DISPOSITION:
The Attorney General's Office presented Davis's conduct to a state grand jury. On 05/08/2023, the grand jury voted no bill and declined to criminally charge Davis in connection with Abad's death.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nj.com/mercer/2021/05/scooter-operator-killed-in-trenton-crash-with-suv-police.html
https://www.trentonian.com/2021/05/26/hamilton-police-release-details-on-fatal-scooter-crash-involving-officer/
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/hamilton-slash-robbinsville/sections/police-and-fire/articles/hamilton-police-officer-involved-in-fatal-scooter-crash
https://www.njoag.gov/state-grand-jury-declines-to-criminally-charge-officer-involved-in-fatal-motor-vehicle-crash-in-hamilton-that-occurred-on-may-25-2021/