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Janae Fieldings

Age : 24

Gender : Female

Race : Black

Date : 08/20/2025

Location : North Foster Drive near Greenwell Springs Road

City : Baton Rouge

County : East Baton Rouge

State : Louisiana

Agency : Baton Rouge Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/20/2025, 24-year-old Janae Fieldings was killed when the Honda Accord she was driving crashed and caught fire during a Baton Rouge Police Department pursuit. Although the first reports appeared on August 21, the fatal encounter occurred late Wednesday night, August 20.
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The police encounter began in Baton Rouge's Mall City area when officers attempted to stop Fieldings's 2020 Honda Accord for what the department described only as a “traffic violation” or “traffic violations.” The specific alleged traffic violation that caused police to initiate the stop was not disclosed in the available reporting.
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Fieldings continued driving away while Baton Rouge police pursued. The entire pursuit lasted approximately two minutes. During the pursuit, police alleged that someone inside the Honda threw a handgun from the vehicle on Lobdell Avenue. Police subsequently recovered the weapon and described it as a Glock handgun equipped with what appeared to be a machine-gun conversion device. Available reporting does not establish which person inside the Honda allegedly discarded the weapon.
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The Honda continued west in the 5100 block of Greenwell Springs Road from Lobdell Avenue. At approximately 10:08 p.m., Fieldings lost control near North Foster Drive. The car left the roadway, struck a water line, went through a wooden fence and crashed into the rear/side of a business. Surveillance video obtained by WBRZ captured the Honda traveling at high speed immediately before it crashed into the building.
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The collision caused extensive damage and the Honda caught fire. Employees of the nearby Fast Stop told WBRZ that after hearing the crash they went outside and saw multiple Baton Rouge police officers surrounding the wrecked vehicle.
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Police said responding officers used at least four fire extinguishers in an effort to suppress the vehicle fire. Officers pulled Fieldings and her two passengers from the wreckage and began emergency medical treatment. Fieldings died at the scene. Both passengers were transported to a hospital in critical condition.
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The crash damaged a water line badly enough that a nearby library was temporarily closed while repairs were made.
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Later reporting identified the driver as Janae Fieldings, 24. The available news accounts provide considerably more detail about the pursuit and crash than the initial breaking-news coverage, but Baton Rouge police continued to describe the initiating offense only generically as a traffic violation rather than identifying the particular traffic law officers alleged Fieldings violated.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The Baton Rouge police officers who attempted the initial traffic stop and participated in the approximately two-minute pursuit have not been publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wafb.com/2025/08/21/brpd-24-year-old-driver-dead-2-others-critically-injured-crash-during-police-chase/
https://www.fox8live.com/2025/08/21/brpd-24-year-old-driver-dead-2-others-critically-injured-crash-during-police-chase/
https://www.wbrz.com/news/video-car-crashes-into-side-of-building-at-end-of-brpd-chase-one-killed-and-two-hurt-in-wreck/