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Victor "Alex" Alexander Demarest

Age : 41

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 07/07/2021

Location : Trimmier Street and E Elms Road

City : Killeen

County : Bell

State : Texas

Agency : Killeen Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 07/07/2021, 41-year-old Victor Alexander Demarest was killed when a Dodge Charger being followed by Killeen Police Department officers crashed into the Chevrolet Equinox he was driving on Elms Road. The impact pushed Demarest’s Equinox into a Chevrolet Silverado traveling in the opposite direction.
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At approximately 9:00 a.m., a Killeen patrol officer observed a blue Dodge Charger traveling at a high rate of speed. The officer turned around to conduct a traffic stop but lost sight of the Charger around W.S. Young Drive and Stan Schlueter Loop.
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A second Killeen patrol officer subsequently saw the Charger traveling north on Trimmier Road. The Charger stopped at the red light at Trimmier and Elms roads, but its driver then drove through the red light, cut through traffic and accelerated west on Elms Road. The second officer continued west on Elms behind the Charger.
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The second officer lost sight of the Charger as it continued west. According to Killeen police, the officer then saw a cloud of dust and debris from the collision ahead.
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Demarest was driving a silver Chevrolet Equinox and was exiting a private drive onto Elms Road when the Charger struck the driver’s side of his vehicle. The force of the collision propelled the Equinox into a black Chevrolet Silverado traveling east on Elms Road.
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A witness, Timothy Hogan, said Demarest had just completed a grocery delivery. Hogan reported seeing Demarest thrown from the vehicle by the force of the collision while still restrained by his seat belt. Hogan helped police free Demarest from the belt and perform CPR.
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Demarest was transported to Seton Medical Center Harker Heights in critical condition. He died from his injuries and was pronounced dead at 11:05 a.m. by Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke, approximately two hours after the collision.
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The two people traveling in the Charger and the driver of the Silverado were also transported to hospitals. Demarest was the only person killed.
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Killeen police initially withheld Demarest’s identity while notifying his family and publicly identified him as Victor Alexander Demarest on 07/09/2021.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The two Killeen Police Department patrol officers involved in the attempted stop and pursuit have not been publicly identified.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.fox44news.com/news/latest-news/killeen-police-chase-leads-to-three-vehicle-crash-one-thrown-from-vehicle/
https://killeenpdnews.com/2021/07/07/killeen-police-investigate-a-crash-fatality-on-elms/
https://killeenpdnews.com/2021/07/09/killeen-police-identify-victim-from-crash-fatality/
https://www.kwtx.com/2021/07/09/police-identify-man-killed-crash-involving-dodge-whose-driver-was-fleeing-local-officers/
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/killeen-police-identify-victim-in-fatal-multi-vehicle-crash
https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/major-vehicle-collision-shuts-down-part-of-elms-road-in-killeen