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Samuel Williams
Gender : Male
Age : 33
Race : Black
Date : 06/01/2023
Location : University Heights Bridge
City : New York
County : Bronx
State : New York
Agency : NYPD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Cop crossed into oncoming traffic to hunt him
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Samuel Williams was riding his dirt bike when NYPD escalated a chase. Police say Williams’ bike was unregistered, and they claim that he was driving recklessly when he collided with an unmarked cruiser on the University Heights Bridge. It turned out that the cruiser crossed over into oncoming traffic to deliberately hit him. He died. “An officer took it upon himself to cross over the yellow line, into oncoming traffic,” said Jamie Santana, attorney for Williams’ family. “You are going to cause significant injury, if not death, and unfortunately that’s exactly what happened in this case.”
