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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 07/26/2021

Location : 4500 block of Madison Avenue

City : Indianapolis

County : Marion

State : Indiana

Agency : Indianapolis Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Stolen vehicle. At approximately 11:00 p.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the area of Shelby Street near Garfield Park after receiving a report concerning a stolen vehicle. Officers encountered a man driving a stolen pickup truck and attempted to stop him. The driver accelerated away, and IMPD officers pursued him south through Indianapolis.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 07/26/2021, an unidentified man was killed when the stolen pickup truck he was driving crashed during a brief Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department pursuit on the city's south side. The pickup rolled several times down an embankment and landed on the driver in the 4500 block of Madison Avenue near Interstate 465.
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The encounter began at approximately 11:00 p.m. when IMPD received a report of a stolen vehicle near Garfield Park. Officers located the stolen pickup on Shelby Street and attempted to stop the driver. According to police, the man accelerated instead of stopping, and officers initiated a pursuit.
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The pursuit was brief, lasting only a few minutes. Police reported that speeds reached approximately 60 mph as the pickup continued south.
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As the pickup approached the Madison Avenue area, investigators believed the driver may have struck a median and lost control. The pickup left the roadway and rolled multiple times down an embankment in the 4500 block of Madison Avenue near Interstate 465.
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The driver was ejected during the rollover. The pickup then landed on top of him, trapping him beneath the vehicle. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. No other people were reported injured in the crash.
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No PIT/TVI maneuver, stop-stick deployment, roadblock or intentional police-vehicle contact was reported before the crash. The available accounts establish an approximate maximum pursuit speed of 60 mph and a duration of several minutes but do not provide the precise pursuit distance, the pursuing officer's speed, the distance between the police vehicle and pickup immediately before the crash, or evidence that officers attempted to terminate the pursuit before the collision.
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IMPD announced that its internal investigators would review the pursuit to determine whether the officer's decision to initiate and continue the chase complied with department pursuit policy.
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The driver was identified in contemporary reporting only as an adult male. His name, age and other biographical information were not publicly provided in the reports following the fatal pursuit.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer or officers who attempted to stop the stolen pickup and participated in the pursuit were not publicly identified in the available reporting.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/indiana/articles/2021-07-27/man-dies-in-crash-during-brief-indianapolis-police-pursuit
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/1-dead-in-crash-involving-vehicle-pursuit-on-citys-south-side
https://www.dailyherald.com/20210727/news/man-dies-in-crash-during-brief-indianapolis-police-pursuit/