Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 03/25/2021

Location : 2340 Liberty Avenue

City : Beaumont

County : Jefferson

State : Texas

Agency : Beaumont Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 03/25/2021 at approximately 3:45 p.m., Beaumont Police Department officers attempted to stop a Honda sedan in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation. Police did not publicly identify the underlying offense that prompted the stop. The male driver accelerated away from officers, and police pursued.
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The pursuit continued into the 2300 block of Liberty Avenue, where the Honda left the roadway and crashed into a business. The driver suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by Jefferson County Justice of the Peace Benjamin Collins.
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A passenger in the Honda survived and was transported by Beaumont EMS to a local hospital. Contemporary reporting did not disclose the passenger's identity or condition.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/driver-dies-after-crashing-into-business-fleeing-from-beaumont-police/502-68f27bf2-138e-4b74-a327-f2d8c62e7256
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/One-dead-one-injured-in-Beaumont-car-crash-16054238.php