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Maria Guadalupe Mendoza

Age : 44

Gender : Female

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 12/19/2021

Location : U.S. Highway 395 and Lewis Street

City : Pasco

County : Franklin

State : Washington

Agency : Pasco Police Department

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 12/19/2021, Pasco Police officers attempted to stop a pickup truck for suspected impaired driving on U.S. Highway 395 and escalated a pursuit when the driver continued driving through city streets at speed. During the chase the fleeing vehicle entered the intersection at Lewis Street and crashed into a vehicle driven by Maria Guadalupe Mendoza. The collision killed Mendoza at the scene. Police arrested the driver after treatment for minor injuries and prosecutors later charged him with vehicular homicide and DUI related offenses. Reporting identified Mendoza as a 44 year old Grandview resident whose death occurred when police escalated the pursuit through the corridor before the fatal impact.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.applevalleynewsnow.com/news/driver-in-suspected-dui-crash-that-killed-grandview-woman-pleads-not-guilty/article_2e4a1f90-77c4-11ec-bb89-9b5b2d2a14b2.html
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article256792822.html
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/grandview-woman-killed-in-police-pursuit-crash-in-pasco/article_3a5e9e2e-5e79-11ec-88ef-5b3b8a6d7f49.html
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/woman-killed-in-pasco-pursuit-crash-identified/article_6e8b47c0-603a-11ec-8d52-83d8d8c1d0d8.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/grandview-woman-killed-pasco-pursuit-004511373.html