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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Unknown

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/29/2021

Location : Westbound I-238, East 14th Street off-ramp

City : Ashland

County : Alameda

State : California

Agency : California Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: California Highway Patrol received reports at approximately 1:45 a.m. of a Mercedes traveling at extremely high speed westbound on Interstate 580 in the Tracy area. Tracy-area officers attempted to catch the vehicle but were unable to do so. Two CHP Dublin Area units later located the Mercedes near Hacienda Boulevard, caught up to it near Foothill Boulevard, and attempted a traffic stop east of Eden Canyon Road. The driver continued away and CHP pursued.
NARRATIVE:
On 04/29/2021, an unidentified driver was killed when a Mercedes sedan crashed into a sound wall and overturned during a California Highway Patrol pursuit on the East 14th Street off-ramp from Interstate 238 in unincorporated Ashland, Alameda County, California.
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At approximately 1:45 a.m., CHP's Golden Gate Division received information about a Mercedes traveling at extremely high speed westbound on Interstate 580 in the Tracy area. CHP officers assigned to the Tracy area attempted to catch up with the car but were unable to do so.
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Two CHP units assigned to the Dublin Area subsequently located the Mercedes traveling westbound on I-580 near Hacienda Boulevard. The officers caught up to the vehicle near Foothill Boulevard and attempted a traffic stop east of Eden Canyon Road. The driver continued away and a police pursuit began.
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The pursuit continued west on Interstate 580 toward the Interstate 238 interchange. CHP reported that the Mercedes reached speeds of approximately 120 mph.
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The driver entered westbound Interstate 238 and attempted to leave the freeway at the East 14th Street off-ramp in unincorporated Ashland, immediately north of Hayward. The Mercedes entered the sharply curving ramp at high speed.
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The driver was unable to negotiate the curve. The Mercedes left control, overturned multiple times and crashed into a sound wall along the off-ramp. The driver sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The crash closed the East 14th Street on- and off-ramps while CHP investigated. KTVU and CBS San Francisco independently reported the death on the morning of the crash and explicitly documented that the fatal collision occurred during a California Highway Patrol pursuit.
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Contemporary reporting did not publicly identify the driver. CBS reported that there was no additional information available about the deceased person when its story was published later that morning.
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The 04/29/2021 Alameda County fatality documented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System corresponds with this independently documented California Highway Patrol pursuit death.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The involved California Highway Patrol officers have not been publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ktvu.com/news/chp-pursuit-of-speeding-mercedes-driver-leads-to-fatal-crash-near-hayward
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/speeding-driver-killed-in-interstate-238-crash-near-hayward-following-chp-chase/
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars