Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Sal Fernandez
Gender : Male
Age : 34
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 03/12/2021
Location : Intersection of Euclid Street and Orangewood Avenue
City : Garden Grove
County : Orange
State : California
Agency : Garden Grove Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On March 12, 2021, 34-year-old Sal Fernandez was killed when a man fleeing from a traffic stop by Garden Grove police crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of Euclid Street and Orangewood Avenue in Garden Grove, California. Fernandez was a passenger in the fleeing vehicle, which crashed through a wall and came to rest upside down in a residential swimming pool. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
SOURCE LINKS :
• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-12/police-pursuit-ends-with-3-dead-after-crash-in-garden-grove-sends-truck-into-pool
• https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/person-killed-another-injured-after-crash-sends-car-into-residential-pool/2548444/
