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Daquan Veals

Age : 16

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 07/02/2022

Location : Highway 24

City : Woodville

County : Wilkinson

State : Mississippi

Agency : Mississippi Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed in FARS police-related roadway fatality; exact police involvement not publicly confirmed

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: No police pursuit or attempted traffic stop has been established. Contemporary reporting states that Veal was driving west on Highway 24 when he lost control of his vehicle and struck an embankment. The reason FARS coded the crash as police-related remains unresolved.
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NARRATIVE:
On 07/02/2022, 16-year-old Daquan Veal of Woodville was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 24 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.
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Veal was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu west on Highway 24 when he lost control of the vehicle. The Malibu left the roadway and collided with an embankment.
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Veal suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Mississippi Highway Patrol investigated the crash.
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The crash occurred during the Mississippi Highway Patrol's 2022 Independence Day Holiday Travel Enforcement Period. MHP subsequently reported that Veal's death was the only fatality on Mississippi state highways during that holiday enforcement period.
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No public source located states that a trooper was pursuing Veal, had attempted to stop him, was following him, had activated emergency equipment, or had made contact with his vehicle before the crash. Mississippi Highway Patrol's involvement documented in the available reporting is as the agency investigating the fatal collision.
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The police-related FARS designation therefore remains unexplained and requires review of the underlying FARS police-related variables or original crash report before any police-triggered event can be established.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
No law-enforcement officer has been identified as initiating or participating in police action preceding Veal's crash.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wlbt.com/2022/07/02/16-year-old-dies-after-losing-control-vehicle-highway-24/
https://desotocountynews.com/mississippi-news/troopers-kept-busy-over-july-fourth-weekend/
https://www.hottytoddy.com/2022/07/06/mhp-responds-to-224-wrecks-over-holiday-weekend-one-fatality-reported/