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Robert A. Sanders

Age : 48

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 04/28/2021

Location : US-9 and Goldfoot Road

City : Round Lake

County : Saratoga

State : New York

Agency : National Park Service; Stillwater Police Department; Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: Struck park entrance barriers and fled
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NARRATIVE:
On 04/28/2021 at approximately 7:43 p.m., Robert A. Sanders, 48, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was driving a 2008 Toyota Tundra at Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater when National Park Service rangers responded to a suspicious-vehicle complaint. Authorities said Sanders struck barriers at the battlefield entrance and drove away as rangers followed him.
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Sanders continued north on Route 32 and the park rangers lost sight of him. Stillwater police subsequently located the Tundra traveling south on Route 4 and initiated another pursuit. Sanders continued through the village of Stillwater and the city of Mechanicville before heading west on Route 67.
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The pursuit continued toward Malta. At the roundabout connecting Routes 67 and 9, Sanders struck road signs and continued south on Route 9. Near Goldfoot Road, the Tundra crossed into the northbound side of the highway and struck a guardrail. Sanders was found dead inside the truck. No other deaths or injuries were reported.
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Because Sanders died during a police pursuit, Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo notified the New York Attorney General's Office, which had authority to investigate deaths involving police. Contemporary reporting said the Attorney General had been contacted but had not announced whether it would take over the investigation.
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Sanders lived in Lakewood, New Jersey, and his Toyota was described by police as carrying a large brown toolbox in the bed, a detail used in the multi-agency effort to locate him after park rangers lost sight of the truck.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The National Park Service, Stillwater Police Department and Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office did not publicly identify the officers who followed or pursued Sanders.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Driver-dead-after-car-chase-in-Saratoga-County-16137978.php
https://patch.com/new-jersey/lakewood-nj/lakewood-man-found-dead-crash-after-ny-police-chase-sheriff
https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/ocean-county/ocean-county-man-dies-after-n-y-police-chase/