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Sean Christopher Donahue

Age : 35

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 10/25/2021

Location : SW 104th Street and S Pennsylvania Avenue

City : Oklahoma City

County : Cleveland

State : Oklahoma

Agency : Oklahoma City Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
Oklahoma City Police attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation near Interstate 44 and SW 104th Street. The driver continued driving away and police initiated a pursuit. Available public reporting does not identify the specific traffic violation that prompted the attempted stop.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 10/25/2021, Oklahoma City Police pursued a vehicle through southwest Oklahoma City after attempting the traffic stop near I-44 and SW 104th Street. Police alleged they discontinued the pursuit before the fatal collision, but the vehicle continued traveling at high speed toward S Pennsylvania Avenue.
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At the intersection of SW 104th Street and S Pennsylvania Avenue, the fleeing vehicle ran a red light and crashed into a vehicle driven by 35-year-old Sean Christopher Donahue. Donahue was an uninvolved driver who happened to enter the intersection as the police pursuit reached it. He suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene. The 16-year-old fleeing driver and two passengers suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were hospitalized.
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Donahue was driving a company vehicle for Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma when he was killed. He had worked for the laboratory for approximately two years and was working when the pursuit crash occurred.
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Sean was born in Oklahoma City on 03/14/1986, graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 2005 and was the youngest of four brothers. His family described him as a gentle, family-centered man who was engaged to DeAnna and considered her 6-year-old son, Jaxson, his own. Sean planned to adopt Jaxson after the couple married. He was also a member of Little Flower Catholic Church.
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Sean's brother described him as someone who loved being a father figure and was excited about the family he was building. Instead, his fiancée lost the man she intended to marry and her young son lost the man he regarded as his father.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality, 3 Injuries.
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EYEWITNESS OR FAMILY STATEMENTS:
Sean's family remembered him as a gentle man devoted to his family. He was engaged and preparing for marriage, and his relationship with his fiancée's 6-year-old son was particularly important to him; Sean intended to legally adopt the boy.
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DISPOSITION:
The fleeing driver was 16 years old at the time of the crash. Because he was a juvenile, subsequent criminal-case information is limited in publicly searchable records. Oklahoma City Police officers were not criminally charged for their roles in initiating the pursuit. Police alleged they discontinued the pursuit before the fleeing vehicle ran the red light and killed Donahue.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Oklahoma City Police Department did not publicly identify the officer or officers who initiated and participated in the pursuit.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://kfor.com/news/local/family-remembers-father-killed-in-wreck-after-man-speeds-through-intersection-while-attempting-to-evade-police/
https://www.news9.com/story/6178747a9bcb9e431035f239/family-remembers-okc-man-after-he-dies-in-a-crash-in-sw-okc-intersection
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/sean-donahue-obituary?id=31199694
https://accidentdatacenter.com/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city-ok/oklahoma-city/21/10/26/sean-donahue-35-killed-collision-fleeing-driver-milton-neal-16-southwest-104th-street-and