Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Sara Hudson

Gender : Female

Age : 28

Race : White

Date : 01/25/2021

Location : Screaming Eagle Road and Percival Road

City : Columbia

County : Richland

State : South Carolina

Agency : Richland County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On January 25, 2021, at approximately 4:05 p.m., Richland County Sheriff's deputies initiated a pursuit of a 2012 Ford Escape on Blue Bird Lane. The vehicle, occupied by Victor Addotta, 33, of Columbia, and Sara Hudson, 28, of Pelion, had been spray-painted to conceal its emblems and bore expired tags. During the pursuit, the suspect vehicle reportedly struck a deputy's car multiple times. The chase continued through Northeast Richland County, culminating in a head-on collision with a cement mixer at the intersection of Screaming Eagle Road and Percival Road. Both Addotta and Hudson sustained fatal injuries in the crash.

TOTAL FATALITIES: 2

SOURCE LINKS :

https://wach.com/news/local/coroner-two-killed-after-chase-with-deputies-identified
https://www.abccolumbia.com/2021/01/27/richland-county-coroner-identifies-victims-from-fatal-collision-on-screaming-eagle-road/