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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) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON WHY PURSUIT WAS INITIATED:
Pasco Police attempted to stop a pickup truck after receiving reports of a possible impaired driver.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 12/19/2021, Pasco Police officers located a pickup truck whose driver was suspected of impaired driving and attempted a traffic stop. The driver continued driving away, and police escalated a pursuit through Pasco.
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During the pursuit, the fleeing pickup approached the intersection of U.S. Highway 395 and Lewis Street and collided with a vehicle driven by 44-year-old Maria Guadalupe Mendoza of Grandview. Mendoza, an uninvolved motorist, was killed in the collision.
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Police arrested the fleeing driver after he received medical treatment for minor injuries. Prosecutors subsequently charged him in connection with Mendoza's death, including vehicular homicide and DUI-related offenses.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
1 Fatality, 1 Minor Injury.
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DISPOSITION:
The fleeing driver was criminally charged in connection with Mendoza's death, including vehicular homicide and DUI-related offenses. No criminal charges against Pasco Police officers for their role in initiating and continuing the pursuit were located, and no final disciplinary finding against an involved officer was identified in the available records.
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LITIGATION:
None found.

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