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A 55-year-old pedestrian was crossing the road at West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway near Celebration Avenue on Sunday morning around 1:15 when he was hit and killed by an Osceola County police cruiser.

https://www.wesh.com/article/pedestrian-killed-in-crash-involving-deputy/46257839

Denton Police chased a fleeing teenage boy who ran from a traffic stop and escalated the chase to over 100 mph when the boy crashed into a third-party vehicle, killing Douglas Alfredo Gonzalez-Cerna in the backseat.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/teen-drove-over-100-mph-with-no-headlights-before-deadly-crash-in-denton-police/3422206/

Byron Pringle had an open narcotics warrant and was spotted by police. They escalated a chase until he crashed and died.

https://www.wistv.com/2023/12/30/richland-county-coroner-releases-identity-suspect-dead-crash-during-rcsd-chase/

A pedestrian was crossing Riverside Drive when hit and killed by an officer at 6 a.m. on December 30, 2023.

https://www.krqe.com/video/nmdot-opens-online-voting-to-name-12-snowplows/9291286/

A deputy driving a Chevy Tahoe hit and killed a pedestrian. The pedestrian has not been named.

https://www.wapt.com/article/pedestrian-struck-and-killed-by-hinds-county-deputy/46254290#

A deputy driving a Chevy Tahoe hit and killed a pedestrian. The pedestrian has not been named.

https://www.wapt.com/article/pedestrian-struck-and-killed-by-hinds-county-deputy/46254290#

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Office notified Richland County deputies that a man with an open narcotics warrant was traveling into their turf. RCSO tried to traffic-stop him and escalated a chase culminating in a head-on crash with 2 other vehicles. The driver died. The condition of the 2 vehicle occupants hit head-on are unknown at this time.

https://wach.com/news/local/portion-of-i-26-eastbound-shuts-down-following-car-crash

Lee County deputies and Valley Police officers chased an allegedly stolen Kia across 2 counties into the town of valley where the vehicle collided with a third party bystander, killing 98-year-old Aron C. Hayes and also killing an unnamed 18-year-old passenger in the vehicle that had been chased into the crash.

https://www.valleytimes-news.com/2023/12/two-dead-in-valley-crash-during-police-chase/

Cranford PD chased an allegedly stolen car that crashed on the Garden State Parkway. A man emerged and a shootout between him and 2 officers ensued per police. He was shot and killed.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/garden-state-parkway-shooting-today/4989923/

Lee County deputies and Valley Police officers chased an allegedly stolen Kia across 2 counties into the town of valley where the vehicle collided with a third party bystander, killing 98-year-old Aron C. Hayes and also killing an unnamed 18-year-old passenger in the vehicle that had been chased into the crash.

https://www.valleytimes-news.com/2023/12/two-dead-in-valley-crash-during-police-chase/

Lee County deputies and Valley Police officers chased an allegedly stolen Kia across 2 counties into the town of valley where the vehicle collided with a third party bystander, killing 98-year-old Aron C. Hayes and also killing an unnamed 18-year-old passenger in the vehicle that had been chased into the crash.

https://www.valleytimes-news.com/2023/12/two-dead-in-valley-crash-during-police-chase/

Jefferson County deputies got a hit from a FLOCK camera that a pickup truck was stolen and escalated a chase. The truck crashed into a third party vehicle of Michaya Parker who died as a result.

https://abc3340.com/news/local/one-dead-after-police-chase-leads-to-head-on-crash-in-jefferson-county-midfield-pd-sheriff-office-highway-11-bessemer-super-hwy-pursuit-traffic-fatality

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/michaya-parker-death-bessemer-super-highway-midfield-police/46257097

Police chased a motorcyclist who had a traffic warrant until he crashed and died.

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/center-point-police-chase-crash-christmas/46229333#

Police chased a presumably stolen truck until it crashed, ejected the driver before crashing into a tree. Wilmer Jubell died.

https://katv.com/news/local/20-year-old-northwest-arkansas-nwa-man-wilmer-jubell-dies-christmas-morning-springdale-police-department-spd-chase-after-dodge-ram-truck-theft-east-emma-avenue-butterfield-coach-road-powell-street-culvert-tree-state-crime-laboratory-asp-fatal-crash-4029

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a police cruiser.

https://www.wrdw.com/video/2023/12/28/pedestrian-killed-by-richmond-county-sheriffs-office-patrol-car/

A vehicle swerved into oncoming traffic, killing an off-duty Colorado officer.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/off-duty-adams-county-colorado-sheriffs-deputy-killed-crash-christmas-eve/

Jonathan Bady was wanted by Germantown police for having fired shots at someone on a previous occasion. Shelby County deputies spotted him and took up chase. He fled, crashed into an Amazon van and allegedly emerged from the vehicle, firing shots at police. They shot and killed him.

https://wreg.com/news/local/large-memphis-police-presence-in-raleigh-causes-road-blockage/

Phoenix PD was transporting an inmate in their vehicle when the vehicle crashed and the other vehicle went up in flames, killing the third-party driver. The extent of injuries to the officer and prisoner is unknown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN9Y5FbRLUQ

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/mother-19-year-old-killed-in-crash-h-phoenix-police-creates-memorial-for-daughter/75-ef5122ad-c1a7-4018-8f4d-ecc4c14caf75

A gray SUV committed a hit-and-run and kept driving. Police found the SUV driving on 3 wheels and chased it. The vehicle allegedly got away on 3 wheels and police allegedly called off the chase. Then the vehicle crashed, killing the driver and sole occupant, Amir Maaliyjay Goodall-Reid.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/wilton/hit-run-suspect-dies-in-crash-minutes-after-officers-give-up-pursuit-in-wilton-police/

Police chased a vehicle until it crashed and killed 2 occupants, injuring 4 others. The circumstances are not disclosed so far. His brother was not identified by name, was also 10 years old.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/2023/12/21/two-killed-four-hurt-in-crash-following-waukesha-county-police-chase/71998128007/

Police chased a motorcycle for unknown reasons until the driver crashed and died at US-221 in Rutherfordton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOj_8luwgKE

A man had been erratic lately, abducting an acquaintance. Police chased the vehicle based on Apple Watch data. The man parked the car at the I-75 and ran on foot. He was killed in traffic when hit by a car.

https://www.wlwt.com/article/pd-abduction-suspect-killed-struck-vehicle-interstate/46185366

Police chased a vehicle until it crashed and killed 2 occupants, injuring 4 others. The circumstances are not disclosed so far.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/2023/12/21/two-killed-four-hurt-in-crash-following-waukesha-county-police-chase/71998128007/

Arkansas State Police and the West Memphis Drug Task Force escalated a chase against a man who fled. ASP hunted Mario Paige at 140 mph when he crashed and died.

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/man-speeding-at-140-mph-on-i-40-during-police-chase-dies-after-crash-arkansas/article_4f847780-9eb9-11ee-9aad-f322ebee3bd9.html

Ham was allegedly burning debris on the side of the road when police arrived, an altercation ensued, police attacked him with a taser and he picked up two metal bars from his debris. Police allege he swung the bars. They shot and killed him.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/man-killed-after-hitting-deputy-with-metal-rod-trying-to-burn-child-he-thought-was-possessed-by-demon-hcso

An officer was on duty when his patrol vehicle hit a tree and he died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwoHphzH_sc

Escondido PD received a call about a retail shoplifting in a sporting goods store and arrived, finding a man and 2 women fleeing. Police chased them until the vehicle crashed. Shevondia Semaj Compare-Bell was killed and the other female was injured.

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/marine-arrested-in-escondido-chase-crash-that-left-female-passenger-dead

https://fox5sandiego.com/traffic/18-year-old-woman-killed-in-pursuit-crash-after-suspected-theft-identified/

Deputy Joshua Hamilton was driving a police cruiser on road patrol. Deputy Hamilton was allegedly pursuing a vehicle at high speeds when he crashed into oncoming traffic and killed bystander Michael Eugene Gayhart, 36. When the dashcam video was released, it was visible that the deputies were driving very fast on a very narrow country road in the dark, came upon a leftward curve and apparently due to their speed could not navigate the angle of the curve and instead cut across the curve diagonally into oncoming traffic. There was a vehicle in its own lane being driven by Gayhart when the deputy cut across into oncoming traffic and caused the head-on crash in oncoming traffic. The deputy and other driver whom he hit head-on in his land, Gayhart, were both killed. Police never disclosed whom they were chasing and why and whether the chase was valid and authorized by superiors.

Of note, no pursuit can be seen in the video provided by the Preble County Sheriff’s Office to media which is linked below. It must be believed or assumed that they were pursuing someone but no vehicle ahead or elsewhere can be seen, only brief dashcam video of a cruiser racing down a small country road with the impact edited out. The curve appears 90 degrees on map and leads through minimally populated cornfields. Only an officer driving too fast to safely navigate the sharp curve cutting across it due to his unsafe speeds and without confirmation that a valid chase had ever taken place was presented to media on December 29, 2023 by police.

Preble County reportedly shut down roads for the funeral procession of the officer and celebrated him as a hero, gaslighting past the fact that the deputy had caused his own as well as the death of a bystander.

https://www.whio.com/news/local/update-sheriffs-deputy-killed-preble-county-crash/I7UGYHXN7JFZZMGAMHZVCERHA4/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V84Xg_EK8y4

Deputy Joshua Hamilton was driving a police cruiser on road patrol. Deputy Hamilton was allegedly pursuing a vehicle at high speeds when he crashed into oncoming traffic and killed bystander Michael Eugene Gayhart, 36. When the dashcam video was released, it was visible that the deputies were driving very fast on a very narrow country road in the dark, came upon a leftward curve and apparently due to their speed could not navigate the angle of the curve and instead cut across the curve diagonally into oncoming traffic. There was a vehicle in its own lane being driven by Gayhart when the deputy cut across into oncoming traffic and caused the head-on crash in oncoming traffic. The deputy and other driver whom he hit head-on in his land, Gayhart, were both killed. Police never disclosed whom they were chasing and why and whether the chase was valid and authorized by superiors.

Of note, no pursuit can be seen in the video provided by the Preble County Sheriff’s Office to media which is linked below. It must be believed or assumed that they were pursuing someone but no vehicle ahead or elsewhere can be seen, only brief dashcam video of a cruiser racing down a small country road with the impact edited out. The curve appears 90 degrees on map and leads through minimally populated cornfields. Only an officer driving too fast to safely navigate the sharp curve cutting across it due to his unsafe speeds and without confirmation that a valid chase had ever taken place was presented to media on December 29, 2023 by police.

Preble County reportedly shut down roads for the funeral procession of the officer and celebrated him as a hero, gaslighting past the fact that the deputy had caused his own as well as the death of a bystander.

https://www.whio.com/news/local/update-sheriffs-deputy-killed-preble-county-crash/I7UGYHXN7JFZZMGAMHZVCERHA4/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V84Xg_EK8y4

Indiana State Police tried to make a traffic stop on what they believed was a DUI driver when the vehicle crashed into a tree, killing the driver.

https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/isp-driver-crashes-dies-after-chase-with-trooper-in-southern-indiana/

Jakyrah Wayman was a pedestrian who was hit and killed by a police cruiser. She was hit by 2 additional vehicles after the cruiser.

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2023/12/18/smyrna-woman-killed-crash-delaware-state-police-jakyrah-wayman/71958087007/

Rockport PD tried to traffic-stop Dakota Shawn Dillon on a motorcycle but he sdid not stop. Police chased his motorcycle until he crashed and died.

https://arkadelphian.com/2023/12/18/motorcycle-wrecks-in-south-arkansas-fatal-for-2/#:~:text=A%20Ma
lvern%20man%20leading%20authorities,a%20preliminary%20fatal%20crash%20summary.

After attacking and raping a woman in a building, then robbing her taking 3 hostages, the man fled in a vehicle, was chased, crashed in a field and died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LhWMv9e3oE

Memphis PD chased a white Infinity they believed was possibly tied to a shooting days prior. The car fled and crashed into a parked car at Holmes and Leonard, hitting a female pedestrian, killing her. The chase continued util it hit a squad car and stopped. Three people were injured. This crash was the second chase fatality in Memphis in the last 30 days. Memphis changed its pursuit policy recently and it is questioned whether this chase represented an emergency allowing for chases and if this chase was approved by a supervisor. Police are not taking questions at this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7oEE6Ddx18

Mesquite PD were investigating a stolen vehicle when they came to a convenience store on Faithon P. Lucas Boulevard and Cartwright Road in South Mesquite. They encountered six men and got into a shootout. One of the men was killed by police.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/one-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-mesquite/3411761/

Montgomery PD stopped a juvenile. Some sort of incident occurred causing the juvenile to try to flee from the traffic stop. Police chased a vehicle that refused a traffic stop until the vehicle crashed into first a police cruiser, then another vehicle. The driver was killed. He was a juvenile and for this reason, police withheld his identity. Police were apparently aware that there were 5 young people in the vehicle from the traffic stop but did not hesitate to jeopardize their lives to chase a nervous teen driver into a fatal wreck. All 4 passengers were injured as well. Police released no more information and it is unknown whether the chase had been authorized and permissible by Maryland pursuit policies. Police specifically did not claim that the vehicle had been stolen and also made no claims that the driver had been wanted by police, suggesting that some sort of vehicle code or moving violation may have been the cause.

“Vehicle pursuits shall only be conducted using authorized police department emergency vehicles that are equipped with, and operating emergency lighting and sirens, as required by law (Md. Code TR § 21-106). Officers shall drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property.” Source: University of Maryland

https://wjla.com/news/local/montgomery-county-traffic-crash-police-cruiser-chase-georgia-avenue-henderson-avenue-wheaton-glenmont-maryland-white-nissan-maxima-honda-pilot-dead-fatal-deadly-attorney-general-injuries-apprehended-safety-stop-mcpd

A Nashville officer saw a pickup truck missing a license plate and escalated a chase that ended in a crash head-on into a utility pole. The passenger Jessie Lee Knox was killed. It was his 43rd birthday and according to police, he died because of a missing license plate and being a passenger in a car with this minor violation.

https://www.wsmv.com/2023/12/12/police-investigating-fatal-crash-nations/

An investigator with the Somervell County Sheriff’s Office was killed in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday morning.

https://www.police1.com/officer-down/texas-sheriffs-office-investigator-killed-in-on-duty-crash

A 24-year-old man was being chase by the Vehicular Hijacking Task Force who tried to make an “investigatory stop” while looking for stolen cars when the man fled on foot. A vehicle hit and killed him and the vehicle fled.

https://abc7chicago.com/pedestrian-hit-by-car-crash-chicago-police-lawndale/14173704/

The Shelby County SO tried to make a traffic stop. A vehicle drove away. Police began chasing and the vehicle made a U-turn and crashed into oncoming traffic. The driver was killed. Two people were rescued from the third-party vehicle in critical condition and their survival is unknown. Police did not say if anything reasons besides refusal of traffic stop were their reasons for the deadly chase.

https://wreg.com/news/local/suspect-killed-in-crash-after-fleeing-from-shelby-county-deputy/