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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Unknown

Race : Unknown

Date : 01/22/2021

Location : Chesterfield County

City :

County : Chesterfield

State : Virginia

Agency : Not Disclosed

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Fatal vehicle crash documented by FARS

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 01/22/2021, one person was recorded as killed in a motor-vehicle crash in Chesterfield County, Virginia, in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

The FARS entry documents one fatality in Chesterfield County on this date. Available publicly indexed records do not establish the identity of the person killed, the precise crash location, or the circumstances of the collision.

A Virginia State Police pursuit occurred in Chesterfield County during the same period involving a 2009 Mitsubishi Galant. A trooper initially stopped the vehicle on Interstate 95 north of Willis Road for expired registration. The driver subsequently fled, and the pursuit continued onto Chippenham Parkway and Strathmore Road. The fleeing vehicle struck a Virginia State Police patrol vehicle twice, and a trooper subsequently made contact with the fleeing vehicle in an attempt to end the pursuit. The patrol vehicle left the roadway, struck a fence and caught fire after its fuel line was damaged.

The fleeing Mitsubishi continued to Strathmore Road and Dundas Road, where it collided with a Ford Explorer occupied by a 19-year-old driver and 15-year-old passenger. Both sustained minor injuries. The fleeing driver and his passenger also survived.

Because the documented Virginia State Police pursuit produced no fatality, it does not correspond to the one-death FARS entry for Chesterfield County on 01/22/2021.

The available evidence therefore establishes the existence of the FARS-recorded fatal crash but does not establish that the person died during a police pursuit. The fatality should remain documented as an unresolved FARS case unless additional crash records establish a law-enforcement pursuit connection.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.whsv.com/2021/01/22/police-suspect-arrested-after-chase-leads-patrol-car-to-crash-catch-fire/
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars