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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 07/27/2022

Location : U.S. Highway 441 approximately 100 feet north of Northwest 210 Lane

City : High Springs

County : Alachua

State : Florida

Agency : High Springs Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: A High Springs police officer observed the Mazda 6 being driven erratically near High Springs Main Street and Northwest 183rd Avenue at approximately 9:08 a.m. The officer attempted a traffic stop, but the driver continued away, traveling through downtown High Springs before turning north onto U.S. Highway 441. Florida Highway Patrol reported that the Mazda was traveling at high speed.
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NARRATIVE:
On 07/27/2022, an unidentified male driver was killed when the Mazda 6 he was driving crashed into a tractor-trailer while fleeing from a High Springs Police Department officer on U.S. Highway 441 in Alachua County, Florida.
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At approximately 9:08 a.m., a High Springs police officer observed the Mazda being driven erratically near High Springs Main Street and Northwest 183rd Avenue. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver continued away.
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High Springs police reported that the Mazda continued through downtown High Springs before turning north onto U.S. Highway 441 toward Columbia County. Florida Highway Patrol reported that the Mazda was traveling at a high rate of speed as the police encounter continued.
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At approximately 9:10 a.m., about 100 feet north of Northwest 210 Lane, the Mazda collided head-on with a tractor-trailer traveling in the opposite direction. The collision occurred only about two minutes after police first observed the Mazda.
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The impact ejected the Mazda driver onto the grass shoulder on the east side of U.S. 441. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
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The tractor-trailer was driven by a 51-year-old man from St. Petersburg. He was not injured in the collision.
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Florida Highway Patrol investigated the fatal crash because a High Springs police officer had been involved in the pursuit. The driver's name, age and hometown were not disclosed in the contemporary reports located.
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The available records establish that approximately two minutes elapsed between the officer first observing the Mazda at 9:08 a.m. and the fatal collision at approximately 9:10 a.m. A reliable maximum pursuit speed or total pursuit distance was not publicly disclosed.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The High Springs Police Department did not publicly identify the officer who attempted the traffic stop and participated in the pursuit in the sources located.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/news/local/man-fleeing-police-dies-collision
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fatal-crash-high-springs-leaves-180505120.html
https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/02/83/08/04463/07-28-2022.pdf