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Marina Vasconcelos

Gender : Female

Age : 24

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 04/29/2025

Location : East Main Street

City : Newark

County : New Castle

State : Delaware

Agency : Newark Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Pedestrian bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Marina Vasconcelos, a 24-year-old doctoral student at the University of Delaware, was killed when Gordon Turner, 22, drove away at high speed from Newark Police in an overdue-for-return U-Haul van. As officers approached the van parked on East Main Street, Turner drove over a curb, hit a police vehicle, and sped away. Police claim that they did not chase but the crash reportedly occurred as part of a failed police traffic stop. Moments later, Turner lost control of the vehicle, striking Vasconcelos and seriously injuring another graduate student, before colliding with multiple parked cars and causing additional injuries. Turner was charged with second-degree murder and multiple other offenses, held on a $305,500 cash bond.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-delaware-student-killed-hurt-driver-flees-police/story?id=121313248
https://www.fox29.com/news/university-delaware-student-killed-stolen-uhaul-crash-identified-police
https://6abc.com/post/pedestrian-injured-crash-involving-van-university-delaware/16279771/
https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-university-student-killed-murder-crash/