Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Anita Benz
Gender : Female
Age : 45
Race : White
Date : 01/29/2021
Location : North Topeka
City : Topeka
County : Shawnee
State : Kansas
Agency : Kansas Highway Patrol
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On January 29, 2021, a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop a vehicle in North Topeka for a cracked windshield. The driver refused to stop, and police escalated a pursuit. At approximately 55 miles per hour, the trooper executed a Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT) maneuver, causing the vehicle to lose control and strike a telephone pole. A passenger in the vehicle was killed in the crash. The Kansas Highway Patrol reviewed the pursuit and PIT procedure following the fatality.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/02/01/pit-maneuver-ends-fatal-kansas-highway-patrol-pursuit-topeka/4310001001/
https://www.wibw.com/2021/01/30/kansas-highway-patrol-investigating-fatal-pit-maneuver-topeka/
https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/1-dead-after-kansas-trooper-uses-pit-maneuver-topeka/
