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Tilek Quailil Alston
Gender : Male
Age : 21
Race : Black
Date : 01/22/2023
Location : I-64
City : Newport News
County : Warwick
State : Virginia
Agency : Chesapeake PD, Virginia State Police, Newport News PD
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash for failed traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A around midnight on Jan. 22, Chesapeake PD informed VSP that a CPD officer was chasing a Dodge Challenger on Interstate 664 towards the Monitor Merrimac Bridge Tunnel and the driver exited onto Interstate 64. While on I-64 near Jefferson Avenue, the driver lost control of the car and hit a jersey barrier, sending the car across all travel lanes and into another jersey barrier on the left side, endangering all traffic.TilekQuailil Alston, 21, was killed in the police chase. It is unknown why police undertook this dangerous chase. No officers were charged.
