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Derrick Deon Flanders

Age : 45

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/27/2022

Location : North Pacific Avenue and Broadway

City : Huntington Beach

County : Orange

State : California

Agency : Huntington Beach Police Department

Officer(s) :Robert M.

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Pedestrian killed by police vehicle

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/27/2022, 45-year-old Derrick Deon Flanders of Rancho Palos Verdes was struck and killed by a Huntington Beach Police Department vehicle near North Pacific Avenue and Broadway in the Sunset Beach area of Huntington Beach. The collision occurred at approximately 5:40 a.m.
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The Huntington Beach officer was responding to a radio call when the police vehicle struck Flanders. The officer was driving a department Ford Explorer. Flanders initially survived the collision and was transported by paramedics to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
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The California Highway Patrol investigated the fatal collision because it involved a Huntington Beach city vehicle. Contemporary reporting said investigators were still determining the circumstances leading to the crash, and the nature of the radio call to which the officer was responding was not publicly disclosed.
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The officer driving the Ford Explorer was identified publicly only as 22-year-old “Robert M.” Huntington Beach police placed him on administrative leave while the collision was investigated.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Huntington Beach Police Department officer was 22 years old and publicly identified only as Robert M. He was placed on administrative leave following Flanders' death. No defensible full name or prior disciplinary/shooting history was located in the sources reviewed.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-28/huntington-beach-police-officer-hits-kills-pedestrian-while-responding-to-radio-call
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2022-08-29/man-struck-and-killed-by-police-suv-in-huntington-beach-was-rancho-palos-verdes-resident
https://abc7.com/huntington-beach-fatal-crash-man-killed-pedestrian-struck-sunset-derrick-deon-flanders-of-rancho-palos-verdes/12178144/
https://mynewsla.com/crime/2022/08/28/rancho-palos-verdes-man-struck-killed-by-huntington-beach-police-officer-2/