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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 05/28/2021

Location : Northwest 117th Avenue and NW 58th Street

City : Doral

County : Miami-Dade

State : Florida

Agency : Doral 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 CHASE: Doral Police Department officers identified the Volkswagen the man was driving as a reported stolen vehicle and attempted to conduct a traffic stop at approximately 6:15 a.m. The driver continued and Doral police initiated a pursuit.
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NARRATIVE:
On 05/28/2021, at approximately 6:15 a.m., Doral Police Department officers attempted to stop a Volkswagen identified by police as stolen. When the driver continued, Doral officers pursued the vehicle through Doral.
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Police continued behind the Volkswagen until it reached the western limits of Doral near Northwest 58th Street and Northwest 117th Avenue. The vehicle entered an unpaved area with dirt roads paralleling Florida's Turnpike. Doral police terminated the pursuit after determining that the unpaved terrain was unsafe.
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Shortly after terminating the pursuit, officers saw dust rising from a dark dirt road in the direction the Volkswagen had traveled. Officers followed the route and found the vehicle submerged in a canal near Northwest 117th Avenue and Northwest 58th Street. Police said the Volkswagen apparently struck a guardrail before entering the water. Poor lighting and darkness affected visibility in the area.
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Doral police summoned Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. A rescue diver entered the canal and removed the driver from the submerged vehicle. Fire-rescue personnel performed CPR and transported him by air to a hospital, where he died. No passengers were inside the Volkswagen.
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Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau investigated the death.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 fatality

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/05/28/man-pulled-from-water-after-car-plunges-into-canal-in-doral/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/stolen-car-suspect-crash-canal-near-doral/
https://wsvn.com/news/local/man-dead-after-being-pulled-from-doral-canal-following-police-pursuit-of-stolen-car/