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Keelee S. Wilson

Age : 17

Gender : Female

Race : Black

Date : 03/02/2022

Location : County Road 269 between County Road 270 and Park Street

City : Snook

County : Burleson

State : Texas

Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: Passenger killed during traffic-stop pursuit; a Texas DPS trooper stopped the BMW in which Wilson was riding for failure to signal a turn and a registration violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 03/02/2022, 17-year-old Keelee S. Wilson of the Snook/Caldwell area was killed while riding as a back-seat passenger in a 2007 BMW that crashed during a Texas Department of Public Safety pursuit in Burleson County. Sixteen-year-old passenger Fraylan Hawkins was also killed.
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At approximately 1:15 p.m., a Texas DPS trooper stopped the BMW driven by 18-year-old Frederick Hawkins in Snook. DPS later reported that the initiating violations were failure to signal a turn and a registration violation.
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The driver initially stopped and spoke with the trooper. He then drove away, and a high-speed police pursuit followed onto County Road 269.
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The driver lost control on County Road 269 between County Road 270 and Park Street. The BMW left the roadway and crashed sideways into a tree.
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Wilson and Hawkins were pronounced dead at the scene. Driver Frederick Hawkins and front-seat passenger Ashauntie Lister, 17, suffered serious injuries and were transported to a Bryan hospital.
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Wilson was a Snook High School student. Her obituary confirms that she was 17 and died on March 2, 2022.
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Wilson was a passenger and was not the person driving the vehicle police pursued. The available public record describes the pursuit as high-speed but does not provide a reliable maximum speed, total distance or exact duration.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Texas Department of Public Safety did not publicly identify the trooper who initiated the traffic stop and pursuit.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://kwhi.com/2022/03/03/driver-identified-in-pursuit-leading-to-fatal-crash-near-snook/
https://www.kbtx.com/2022/03/03/snook-isd-provides-mental-health-resources-students-staff-following-students-fatal-crash/
https://kwhi.com/2023/03/18/snook-man-indicted-for-murder/
https://kwhi.com/2024/12/06/snook-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-multiple-charges/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theeagle/name/keelee-wilson-obituary?id=33591227