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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 03/05/2021

Location : Interstate 20 near Douglas Boulevard/Ga. 5

City : Douglasville

County : Douglas

State : Georgia

Agency : Douglasville Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Pedestrian killed by vehicle while fleeing police on foot

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: A Douglasville Police Department officer encountered two men while conducting burglary patrol behind the Best Buy on Douglas Boulevard. Police said the officer observed the men attempting to break into the business. Both men fled from the officer on foot.
NARRATIVE:
On 03/05/2021, an unidentified man was struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 20 in Douglasville while fleeing on foot from a Douglasville Police Department officer.

At approximately 4:20 a.m., a Douglasville police officer was conducting routine burglary patrol when she encountered two men behind the Best Buy on Douglas Boulevard. Police said the officer observed the men attempting to break into the rear entrance of the business.

When the officer confronted them, both men ran from the area on foot and attempted to cross Interstate 20. One of the men was struck by a passing motorist in the eastbound lanes and killed.

The second man successfully crossed the interstate and continued running. Police located and arrested him a short time later near Rose Avenue.

The fatal collision closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 20 for nearly four hours while authorities investigated the death. Contemporary reporting stated that police withheld the identities of both men pending notification of their families.

The 03/05/2021 Douglas County fatality documented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System is consistent in date, county and fatality count with this independently documented pedestrian death on Interstate 20.

This incident did not involve a motor-vehicle pursuit. The deceased fled from a police officer on foot and was killed when he attempted to cross Interstate 20.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://patch.com/georgia/douglasville/pedestrian-killed-i-20-douglasville-blocked-4-hours
https://www.ajc.com/news/i-20-reopens-hours-after-pedestrian-killed-in-douglas-county/INFIRD3SF5AWLC6L2SR775XVX4/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/police-burglary-suspect-killed-while-fleeing-officers-across-i-20
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars