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Luis Mauricio Perez Ortiz

Age : 25

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 11/30/2022

Location : Centennial Boulevard and South Greenville Avenue

City : Richardson

County : Dallas

State : Texas

Agency : Garland Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE:
Traffic violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/30/2022, 25-year-old Luis Mauricio Perez Ortiz of Dallas was killed when the Dodge he was driving crashed at Centennial Boulevard and South Greenville Avenue in Richardson during a Garland Police Department pursuit. Two passengers in Ortiz's vehicle and the driver of an uninvolved pickup were injured.
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Shortly after 10:00 p.m., Garland police stopped Ortiz's vehicle in the 3800 block of West Walnut Street for alleged traffic violations. Officers made contact with the people inside, but Ortiz drove away from the stop. Garland officers pursued him toward Richardson.
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Garland police said the pursuit continued for several minutes. Ortiz was traveling at such a high speed that pursuing officers slowed and briefly lost sight of his vehicle. The entire interval between the attempted traffic stop and the fatal collision was approximately three minutes.
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At approximately 10:18 p.m., Ortiz traveled west on Centennial Boulevard and entered the intersection with South Greenville Avenue against a red traffic signal. His vehicle collided with a pickup traveling south on Greenville Avenue and then struck a pole.
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Ortiz was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead. Two passengers in his vehicle and the pickup driver were also transported to hospitals with injuries that police described as non-life-threatening. Richardson Police Department Special Crash Investigations investigated the fatal collision.
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Garland police reported finding narcotics and a large amount of money inside Ortiz's vehicle after the crash. The precise alleged traffic violations that prompted the original stop were not specified in the reporting located.
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This was the second fatal Garland Police Department pursuit in less than two weeks. On 11/19/2022, Garland officers pursued a vehicle from Garland into Dallas, where it crashed on Greenville Avenue, killing an unidentified 16-year-old passenger.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.richardsonpolice.net/Home/Components/News/News/6746/5439?arch=1&npage=5
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/12/01/garland-police-pursuit-ends-with-fatal-crash-for-2nd-time-in-as-many-weeks/
https://www.fox4news.com/news/man-dies-after-leading-garland-police-on-chase