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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/08/2021

Location : Unknown

City : Apple Valley

County : San Bernardino

State : California

Agency : San Bernardino County Sheriff's 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: Vehicle code violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 04/08/2021 at approximately 3:50 p.m., a male driver was traveling north on Iroquois Road in Apple Valley while police pursued his sedan.
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As the pursuit reached Yucca Loma Road, the driver entered the intersection without stopping at the stop sign. A woman driving an SUV on Yucca Loma Road struck the sedan in the intersection. The impact sent the sedan airborne and flipping before it landed in the front yard of a residence at 13721 Iroquois Road.
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The male driver was trapped inside the severely damaged sedan. Firefighters and paramedics worked at the vehicle for more than 30 minutes, but he died at the scene. The fatal crash record documents two vehicles and one fatality.
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The woman driving the SUV was trapped in her vehicle and had to be extricated by firefighters. Her injuries were serious enough that a California Highway Patrol helicopter airlifted her to a trauma center. A second air ambulance that had been requested for the pursued driver was canceled after he died.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The officers involved in the pursuit were not publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.vvng.com/apple-valley-pursuit-ends-in-fatal-crash-woman-airlifted/
https://usaccidentlawyer.com/news/man-killed-police-chase-accident-iroquois-road-yucca-loma-road-apple-valley-ca/