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Jessica Ruth Munyon

Gender : Female

Age : 36

Race : White

Date : 02/10/2021

Location : 1114-1116 SC-215

City : Moore

County : Spartanburg

State : South Carolina

Agency : Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On February 10, 2021, at approximately 4 p.m., Spartanburg County deputies initiated a traffic stop, but the driver did not stop. Police escalated a pursuit that was described as reckless with excessive speed through heavy traffic and proximity to a school zone. The deputy finally called off the chase near Paradise Lane moments before a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper spotted the vehicle near East Blackstock Road and Hidden Hill Road and took over the chase. The trooper allegedly also called off the chase again as the vehicle collided with a 2015 Honda Accord driven by 36-year-old bystander Jessica Ruth Munyon near the intersection of East Blackstock Road and Bradford Drive.

SOURCE LINKS :

1. https://www.wspa.com/news/accidents/coroner-responding-to-crash-along-e-blackstock-road-in-spartanburg-co/
2. https://www.wyff4.com/article/man-charged-in-chase-crash-that-killed-upstate-teacher-has-previous-arrests-records-show/35562826
3. https://www.wspa.com/news/victims-husband-speaks-out-in-bond-hearing-for-man-charged-in-fatal-spartanburg-co-crash/
4. https://www.wyff4.com/article/death-of-upstate-teacher-killed-in-crash-ruled-a-homicide-coroner-says/35538892
5. https://www.wspa.com/news/crime/man-charged-in-crash-that-killed-sc-teacher-in-spartanburg-co/