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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/07/2021

Location : Chef Menteur Highway near Read Boulevard

City : New Orleans

County : Orleans

State : Louisiana

Agency : New Orleans Police 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: Stolen vehicle
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NARRATIVE:
On 04/07/2021, New Orleans police attempted to stop a male driver in a vehicle police identified as stolen. The driver continued away and NOPD officers pursued through New Orleans.
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During the pursuit, the driver traveled at high speed before crashing into an NOPD patrol vehicle near North Claiborne Avenue and Esplanade Avenue. The pursued vehicle sustained severe damage in the collision.
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The male driver suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead. An NOPD officer in the patrol vehicle was injured and transported to a hospital for treatment.
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The fatal crash occurred while NOPD was operating under a restrictive vehicle-pursuit policy adopted during the department's federal consent-decree reforms. The policy generally restricted pursuits to circumstances involving an imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury and required supervisory authorization.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The officers involved in this pursuit were not publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wdsu.com/article/nopd-suspect-dies-crash-during-police-chase-new-orleans/36101217
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/suspect-dies-after-crashing-into-patrol-car-following-nopd-pursuit/289-f9b39b4f-7ea7-4ce8-b037-d7e2e6a5b146
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_71c7ef62-97a1-11eb-a6f8-13f51398e0ee.html