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Daisha Vood Reynolds

Age : 19

Gender : Female

Race : White

Date : 09/22/2021

Location : U.S. Highway 40 near Silver Summit exit, mile marker 2

City : Silver Summit

County : Summit

State : Utah

Agency : Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office; Summit County Sheriff’s Office; Utah Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Vehicle reported stolen and suspected involvement in an attempted burglary. Authorities said the vehicle had been reported stolen from Hideout at approximately 9:00 a.m. and was later linked to an attempted burglary in Midway. Wasatch County deputies located it at approximately 10:20 a.m. and attempted a traffic stop.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 09/22/2021, 19-year-old Daisha Vood Reynolds of Salt Lake City was killed while riding as a passenger in a vehicle pursued by law enforcement from Wasatch County into Summit County. Reynolds was not identified by authorities as the driver of the vehicle or as the person controlling whether the pursuit continued.
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The vehicle had been reported stolen at approximately 9:00 a.m. in Hideout. About an hour later, Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office deputies received a report of a similar vehicle connected to an attempted burglary in Midway. Deputies located the vehicle at approximately 10:20 a.m. and attempted to stop it.
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Police said the driver continued driving away while Wasatch County deputies pursued through Midway. Deputies twice lost sight of the vehicle during the pursuit and subsequently located it again on River Road. The pursuit then continued onto U.S. 40 toward Summit County.
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According to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, pursuit speeds exceeded 95 mph and approached 100 mph on U.S. 40.
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A Utah Highway Patrol trooper deployed tire spikes on U.S. 40 in an effort to stop the vehicle. Contemporary reporting did not establish whether the first spike deployment successfully deflated any tires.
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Several miles farther north, near mile marker 2 on U.S. 40, a Summit County sheriff’s deputy attempted to deploy another tire-deflation device. Police said the driver swerved while approaching or passing the device, lost control of the vehicle and left the roadway.
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The vehicle rolled several times. Reynolds and the 22-year-old driver, Charles Caster of Salt Lake City, were both ejected. Emergency personnel pronounced Reynolds dead at the scene. Caster suffered critical injuries and was flown by medical helicopter to a Salt Lake-area hospital.
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Park City Fire District Battalion Chief Darren Nelson said neither Reynolds nor Caster appeared to have been wearing a seat belt. A 16-week-old dog riding in the vehicle was also seriously injured, suffering a broken pelvis and legs, and was taken into the care of Nuzzles & Co.
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Reynolds was 19 and lived in Salt Lake City. Public reporting about her death focused overwhelmingly on the pursuit and provided little information about her life, family, work, education, or interests beyond her age and residence.
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The Utah Attorney General’s Office investigated the fatal crash, assisted by the West Valley City Police Department, Park City Police Department and Utah Office of the Medical Examiner. The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office, Summit County Sheriff’s Office and Utah Highway Patrol were among the agencies involved in the pursuit or attempts to stop the vehicle.
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No PIT/TVI maneuver or intentional police-vehicle contact with the pursued vehicle was reported. The principal police intervention immediately preceding the crash was the Summit County deputy’s attempted deployment of the tire-deflation device.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Wasatch County deputies, Utah Highway Patrol trooper and Summit County deputy who participated in the pursuit and tire-deflation attempts have not been publicly identified in the available reporting.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/09/22/crash-during-police/
https://www.parkrecord.com/2021/09/22/1-person-killed-in-crash-on-u-s-40-involving-law-enforcement-pursuit/
https://www.ksl.com/article/50247236/police-id-1-killed-1-injured-in-crash-after-summit-county-police-chase
https://www.kpcw.org/local-news/2021-09-22/updated-woman-dead-man-critically-injured-after-high-speed-chase-rollover
https://www.kpcw.org/local-news/2021-09-23/crash-victim-driver-in-high-speed-chase-identified
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/us-40-closed-near-park-city-due-to-police-incident
https://www.parkrecord.com/2021/12/29/murder-charge-filed-against-driver-in-fatal-september-car-crash-on-u-s-40-near-park-city/
https://www.kpcw.org/local-news/2021-12-29/driver-in-fatal-september-crash-faces-murder-charge
https://www.ksl.com/article/50319659/utah-man-accused-of-crashing-while-fleeing-police-killing-passenger-is-charged-with-murder