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*** UPDATE 10/13/2023: Totowa PD are reported as stonewalling and locking up evidence in an Internal Investigation when they refused repeatedly to relinquish radio calls. They are also refusing to answer the question to this day, weeks after the fatal crash, why they were chasing David Lucero.

Paterson PD chased a person on a scooter for reasons they did not disclose until the scooter crashed into a vehicle and the driver died. Activists began protesting after the crash, stating that police hunt motorists for a sport and PDs from other jurisdictions such as in this case had a habit of hunting motorists in Paterson. BLM Paterson and other groups have been keeping the case visible.

Police did not release the name and identity of their chase victim nor the reason why this happened.The Attorney General's office issued a vague statement, also avoiding mention why the moped had been chased at all. “If the person did something wrong, they would have said it already,” stated Paterson Black Lives Matter organizer Zellie Thomas.

One day after the fatal crash, Paterson PD announced new, more restricted, guidelines in their own pursuit policies that govern police chases.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/09/21/paterson-nj-crash-involving-scooter-leaves-1-dead/70920725007/
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/09/23/nj-ag-quiet-on-why-totowa-cops-chased-scooter-driver-in-fatal-crash/70945414007/
https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/moped-rider-dies-after-police-chase-passaic-county-https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/10/13/totowa-nj-police-radio-calls-paterson-moped-crash/71171888007/

Katherine Colon was crossing a street in New Britain on foot when she was hit and killed by a New Britain police cruiser. Significant damage was visible to the police cruiser and there are unanswered questions where the officer was going, whether it was a dire emergency and what his speed had been.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/state-police-investigating-crash-in-new-britain/3109045/

EyediehMoeini was driving on Broadway and Christopher Columbus Boulevard in Galveston when her vehicle was hit by a Galveston officer. She died on her 52nd birthday.

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/woman-killed-in-crash-involving-galveston-police-officer-just-hours-before-her-birthday

https://abc13.com/driver-killed-in-crash-with-galveston-police-woman-dies-after-cop-collision-broadway-14th-street/13809818/

Dallas PD officer Darrin McMichael was hit on his motorcycle on the LBJ freeway and killed on duty. The driver fled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrWB4TsvtL8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhP6p4Q_3P4

Paterson PD chased a person on a scooter for reasons they did not disclose until the scooter crashed into a vehicle and the driver died. Police did not release the name and identity of their chase victim nor the reason why this happened.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2023/09/21/paterson-nj-crash-involving-scooter-leaves-1-dead/70920725007/

Seyedeh Mandana Moeini was on her way to work when a Galveston sergeant speeding to a call crashed into her, killing her. It is unknown whether the call had been urgent or not. When asked, police said they “did not know” whether the officer had his lights and sirens activated and police never gave feedback to media answering this question, making it seemingly likely that these precautions may not have been in place. Additionally, a neighbor who witnesses the loud noise of the crash said she was surprised that she heard no sirens before impact and realized that police had caused the crash without apparent warning. Sgt. McNeil was wearing a body camera but at the time of this update, more than a month after the crash, there is still no record of police having released the footage. Galveston PD owes both the family and the public some answers about this death.

https://abc13.com/galveston-police-department-christopher-mcneil-seyedeh-mandana-moeini-woman-killed-in-crash-with-officer/13814393/

When police in SW Illinois performed a wellness check on a family, they found the parents, 2 children and 3 dogs shot to death. Police believed Nathaniel Huey was involved and stated only that this was not a random crime. Police caught up with Huey in Catoosa, Oklahoma and Escalated a chase. Huey fled and was chased until he crashed and the car went up in a fireball, killing him.

https://www.wjtv.com/news/suspect-in-slaying-of-illinois-family-believed-dead-in-oklahoma-shooting-police/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoTOdi-hoeg

https://www.krmg.com/news/local/one-person-killed-after-fiery-police-chase-i-44/VWBGCYLCOJBRXDSO3IDPMKJXPM/

https://www.news9.com/story/650b214b98c0f00712e4e38b/illinois-quadruple-murder-suspect-kills-passenger-himself-on-i-44-near-catoosa-police-say

https://okcfox.com/news/local/deadly-chase-in-catoosa-police-pursuit-ends-in-tragic-crash-two-fatalities-confirmed

A San Mateo officer hit and killed a pedestrian crossing the road in San Mateo.

https://abc7news.com/chp-officer-fatal-pedestrian-crash-killed-highway-92-san-mateo/13808772/

When police in SW Illinois performed a wellness check on a family, they found the parents, 2 children and 3 dogs shot to death. Police believed Nathaniel Huey was involved and stated only that this was not a random crime. Police caught up with Huey in Catoosa, Oklahoma and Escalated a chase. Huey fled and was chased until he crashed and the car went up in a fireball, killing him.

https://www.wjtv.com/news/suspect-in-slaying-of-illinois-family-believed-dead-in-oklahoma-shooting-police/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoTOdi-hoeg

https://www.krmg.com/news/local/one-person-killed-after-fiery-police-chase-i-44/VWBGCYLCOJBRXDSO3IDPMKJXPM/

https://www.news9.com/story/650b214b98c0f00712e4e38b/illinois-quadruple-murder-suspect-kills-passenger-himself-on-i-44-near-catoosa-police-say

https://okcfox.com/news/local/deadly-chase-in-catoosa-police-pursuit-ends-in-tragic-crash-two-fatalities-confirmed

A San Mateo officer hit and killed a pedestrian crossing the road in San Mateo.

https://abc7news.com/chp-officer-fatal-pedestrian-crash-killed-highway-92-san-mateo/13808772/

Kentucky State Police tried to traffic-stop a vehicle that did not stop. They escalated a high-speed chase that ended when the vehicle they were hunting crashed into an SUV carrying 10-year-old Jake Luxemburger, killing him.

https://www.wlky.com/article/kentucky-youth-killed-oldham-county-crash-pursuit-chase-police/45177281

https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article279440824.html

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/crime/kenwood-station-elementary-school-student-killed-crash-police-pursuit-chase-oldham-county/417-c9577d1b-96aa-46a6-821f-ea1095cba99a

https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article279440824.html

https://www.wbko.com/2023/09/17/man-arrested-after-police-pursuit-fatal-collision-leaves-1-dead/

https://www.wlky.com/article/kentucky-youth-killed-oldham-county-crash-pursuit-chase-police/45177281

Sacramento PD chased a woman in a car who stopped, got out of the car and ran away on foot with police chasing her. She was hit by several cars and died. Police did not reveal why they were chasing her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfuzISR_54

https://sweetjames.com/2023/09/18/fatina-chaney-dead-following-police-pursuit-interstate-80-sacramento-ca/

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-business-80-pursuit-deadly-crash/45166854

https://usaccidentlawyer.com/news/fatina-chaney-hit-killed-by-car-after-police-chase-80-freeway-sacramento-ca/

Long Branch PD responded to a 911 call about a break-in on August 14, 2023 with an armed person. Long Branch Patrol officer Lucas Brito rushed to the scene and collided with a car, killing a woman. The car he had run into was the car of the alleged burglar. The passenger, Tracee Blount, 38, was killed.

https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2023/10/investigators-id-passenger-of-accused-armed-burglars-car-who-died-in-crash-with-cop.html

https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2023/08/woman-killed-in-crash-with-police-car-officials-say.html

https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-tracee-blount

Two teenagers in a car saw a retired officer on a bicycle and intentionally sped up and hit and killed him while making a recording of the hit. It is unknown whether they targeted him at random or knew him. The teenagers were arrested for the murder.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/video-teen-driver-struck-bicyclist-b2413215.html

https://www.police1.com/investigations/articles/video-shows-17-year-old-driver-deliberately-hit-kill-retired-police-chief-investigators-say-3Wa6otbyBGC3XvS9/

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/disturbing-video-shows-teen-intentionally-killing-retired-police-cop-in-deadly-bike-crash-in-us-4399728

https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/19/passenger-car-ran-over-killed-retired-cop-arrested/

https://abc7.com/las-vegas-andreas-probst-bicyclist-police-chief/13805797/

Anthony Chavez was an unhoused man who lived at a nearby encampment and according to the police narrative, he was standing in the roadway and hit and killed by an Adams County deputy cruiser.

The family strongly disputes this narrative and states that he had actually been in the median when inexplicably, the deputy killed him. His siblings were able to view the surveillance video from a nearby business that confirmed this.

The Sheriff’s Office seemed to vaguely backpedal on their initial claims that he had been in the middle of the roadway when killed, changing it to "The individual appears to be in the roadway several minutes prior to the collision." The family is having to fight for their rights to see the evidence and get a truthful narrative out of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office what killed their brother.

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/family-fighting-for-answers-after-loved-one-hit-killed-on-federal-boulevard-by-adams-county-sheriffs-deputy

Kansas City PD chased Emmanuel Penson who allegedly drove a stolen Kia. He crashed into a building during the chase and died.
As is the norm, police only made the accusation of the car being stolen, did not provide feedback confirming this and gave no more detail.

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3153450055153-man-driving-stolen-kia-dies-in-crash-while-fleeing-from-police?_f=app_share&s=a7&pd=07w2TSvj&hl=en_US&send_time=1694474656&actBtn=shareButton&android_using_def_sms_app=control&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2223.36.1%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D

A Dover PD officer was traveling westbound on South Little Creek Road when he ran into a Camaro that was traveling eastbound on South Little Creek Road, trying to turn left onto Signal Street. The two vehicles collided. Loreen Miller died.

https://www.wmdt.com/2023/09/serious-vehicle-crash-involving-dover-police-officer-under-investigation/

Daniel Glover was killed when she was a passenger on a motorcycle that crashed against a car. The passenger of the motorcycle, 28-year-old Kourtny DeForitis was also killed.

https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2023/09/10/seekonk-police-officer-killed-motorcycle-crash-kourtny-deforitis-28/

Officer Kourtny DeForitis was killed when she was a passenger on a motorcycle that crashed against a car. The driver of the motorcycle, 44-year-old Daniel Glover was also killed.

https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2023/09/10/seekonk-police-officer-killed-motorcycle-crash-kourtny-deforitis-28/

Kansas City PD chased a vehicle that crashed in front of some businesses. Police said a Kia did not stop a they escalated a chase. The Kia hit a telephone pole, then crashed into businesses, killing the driver. The Kia had been stolen.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/report-ladue-students-died-in-crash-following-aborted-police-chase/

An Englewood officer tried to stop a vehicle for false registration. The car fled and police escalated a chase ending when the car T-boned another vehicle and was propelled onto the sidewall, hit 2 pedestrians, killing 1, critically injuring the second one, then hit a house.

https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/1-dead-after-vehicle-fleeing-traffic-stop-hits-vehicle-pedestrians-in-englewood/7C3S3IXKYFDKDFMM7MJT7ZH2KQ/

https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/1-dead-after-vehicle-fleeing-traffic-stop-hits-vehicle-pedestrians-in-englewood/7C3S3IXKYFDKDFMM7MJT7ZH2KQ/

https://www.whio.com/news/local/pedestrian-dies-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-fleeing-traffic-stop-englewood-police-say/UEMIQCW5GFEQLETJ45PIL3CJAU/

An accident occurred on Sept. 11, at the intersection of McAshan Rd and Old Tuscaloosa Highway. According to reports, a pickup truck and a Publix 18-wheeler collided at the intersection. An adult male driver of the pickup truck has been identified as Marvin Wade Hart of McCalla. He was 61 and a UAB police officer.

https://www.wbrc.com/2023/09/11/crash-involving-18-wheeler-mccalla-leaves-1-dead/

https://www.trussvilletribune.com/2023/09/12/off-duty-uab-police-officer-killed-in-crash-with-18-wheeler-in-mccalla/

Anthony Stinson was riding his bike on Adobe Drive and William Floyd Parkway when police with lights and sirens sped through the intersection, hitting and severely injuring him. He died in the hospital after 4 days of life support.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/long-island-teen-riding-bike-killed-by-suffolk-police-car-near-his-home/4672687/

https://www.wsaz.com/2023/09/13/13-year-old-hit-by-police-car-will-be-taken-off-life-support-mother-says/

Hickory PD chased a motorcycle for “driving recklessly”, escalated the chase until it crashed into woman driving a minivan, killing her and her 12-year-old son. the officer was fired on 10/12/2023.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/one-dead-minor-seriously-injured-traffic-accident-during-police-chase/RNUKKCMGIBHDTGAFDPYHT4UB3M/

https://news.yahoo.com/unreal-friends-remember-mother-son-013309312.html

https://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/crime-courts/woman-driving-minivan-dies-in-collision-with-police-vehicle-chasing-motorcycle/article_7ac27fba-4f49-11ee-b019-43d12fb4969d.html

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/hickory/woman-dead-child-injured-fatal-crash-involving-hickory-police-officer-car-chase-traffic-speeding-deadly-collision-driver/275-bdd18649-c1cd-49bb-8746-09dc320461af

Hickory PD chased a motorcycle for “driving recklessly”, escalated the chase until it crashed into woman driving a minivan, killing her and her 12-year-old son. The officer was fired on 10/12/2023.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/one-dead-minor-seriously-injured-traffic-accident-during-police-chase/RNUKKCMGIBHDTGAFDPYHT4UB3M/

https://news.yahoo.com/unreal-friends-remember-mother-son-013309312.html

https://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/crime-courts/woman-driving-minivan-dies-in-collision-with-police-vehicle-chasing-motorcycle/article_7ac27fba-4f49-11ee-b019-43d12fb4969d.html

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/hickory/woman-dead-child-injured-fatal-crash-involving-hickory-police-officer-car-chase-traffic-speeding-deadly-collision-driver/275-bdd18649-c1cd-49bb-8746-09dc320461af

Deputy Reudelhuber ran into a box truck on the way to work and died.

https://www.wfmynews2.com/video/news/local/forsyth-county-deputy-killed-in-crash-auston-reudelhuber/83-ee3522a9-2a85-467e-9e62-dd09e17e3e4d

https://www.wxii12.com/article/forsyth-county-deputy-killed-while-on-duty/45059258

Billie Jean Butler was a passenger in a car with a friend who was being chased by police because the car’s registration had expired. The car fled because Butler was afraid of police and had some warrants. When police closed in on the vehicle, she tried to jump out, was pinned between the vehicle and some bridge architecture and died as a result of the police chase accident.

https://kfor.com/news/local/passenger-killed-in-police-chase-remembered-while-driver-faces-2nd-degree-murder-charge/

https://news.yahoo.com/she-beautiful-passenger-killed-police-000000329.html

https://kfor.com/news/local/passenger-killed-in-police-chase-remembered-while-driver-faces-2nd-degree-murder-charge/

Atoka PD chased Joejuan Williams at high speeds until he crashed and the vehicle flipped over, killing him. Police did not divulge why they undertook the dangerous chase in the first place.

https://www.kxii.com/2023/09/08/man-dies-crash-during-high-speed-atoka-chase/

https://www.kxii.com/2023/09/08/man-dies-crash-during-high-speed-atoka-chase/

For undisclosed reasons, Elizabethtown PD chased a vehicle until it crashed, killing passenger Jamari Whitfield. The 15-year-old driver was arrested.

https://www.wlky.com/article/teen-charged-murder-police-chase-fatal-crash-hardin-county/45055219

https://www.wdrb.com/news/15-year-old-arrested-after-police-pursuit-in-hardin-county-ends-with-crash-that-killed/article_fcfcb31c-4ea7-11ee-ab4f-27a3c0a1de0a.html

https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/high-speed-police-chase-ends-with-deadly-crash-15-year-old-charged/

https://www.wlky.com/article/teen-charged-murder-police-chase-fatal-crash-hardin-county/45055219

https://www.wave3.com/2023/09/09/kentucky-state-police-investigating-deadly-crash-after-pursuit-hardin-county/

https://www.wdrb.com/news/15-year-old-arrested-after-police-pursuit-in-hardin-county-ends-with-crash-that-killed/article_fcfcb31c-4ea7-11ee-ab4f-27a3c0a1de0a.html

Houston PD were chasing a carjacker. Several hours after the carjacking, police saw the vehicle on MLK and took up chase. Police claim they “stopped” the pursuit just before the crash. Surveillance video just moments before the crash showed police to still be pursuing. The vehicle was still fleeing from police and hit 3 cars, killing belioved church eldress Dr. Gloria G. Collins. The deceased woman was the mother of a Houston PD officer.

https://abc13.com/houston-police-chase-almeda-genoa-blackhawk-mlk-boulevard-crash/13748514/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/one-woman-left-dead-stolen-vehicle-crashed-se-18353053.php

https://abc13.com/gloria-collins-trenton-bevel-bond-set-hpd-sergeants-mom-killed/13772541/

https://abc13.com/trenton-bevel-hpd-sergeants-mom-killed-houston-murder-charge-police-chase/13754714/

Police were called on a mental health welfare check on a person. When they found him, they initiated a chase. The car fled and went off the cliff near Glendora Mountain Road and Highway 39.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/pursuit-suspect-dies-after-driving-off-cliff-in-azusa/

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/pursuit-suspect-dies-after-driving-off-cliff-in-azusa/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-f47jjzO6I

https://2urbangirls.com/2023/09/authorities-id-man-who-drove-off-cliff-during-police-pursuit-in-azusa/

An officer tried to pull over a teenager who fled. The officer escalated a chase which continued until the teenager hit another police car that was there for unrelated reasons. The crash killed officer Bobby Garden in the passenger seat.

https://www.wfsb.com/video/2023/09/08/one-hartford-officer-dead-another-hurt-crash/

https://www.wfsb.com/2023/09/09/suspect-involved-crash-that-killed-one-hartford-officer-injured-another-appears-court/

https://www.wfsb.com/2023/09/21/suspect-involved-crash-that-killed-hartford-detective-charged-with-manslaughter/

https://www.police1.com/investigations/articles/18-year-old-charged-with-manslaughter-in-conn-officers-death-2SpiyVxhBdadoyBM/

An upstate NY grandmother was killed when a police car chase slammed into her vehicle while fleeing from police. Her husband suffered a head injury. Her two grandsons in the backseat were critically injured and flown to a hospital.

https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/kathy-groshans-killed-by-wrong-way-driver-brian-oleary-police/

Three teens were riding in a 2016 Hyundai Accent that was speeding when the driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve in the 1000 block of Groby Road in University City and crashed into a home. University City police did not admit they had pursued the vehicle until days later.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/father-of-teen-killed-in-crash-wants-more-transparency-from-police/

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/teens-were-pursued-by-police-moments-before-deadly-u-city-crash-went-undiscovered-for-4/article_3aa8dfbe-50c0-11ee-9d1d-c7263a53c440.html

Three teens were riding in a 2016 Hyundai Accent that was speeding when the driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve in the 1000 block of Groby Road in University City and crashed into a home. University City police did not admit they had pursued the vehicle until days later.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/father-of-teen-killed-in-crash-wants-more-transparency-from-police/

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/teens-were-pursued-by-police-moments-before-deadly-u-city-crash-went-undiscovered-for-4/article_3aa8dfbe-50c0-11ee-9d1d-c7263a53c440.html

Three teens were riding in a 2016 Hyundai Accent that was speeding when the driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve in the 1000 block of Groby Road in University City and crashed into a home. University City police did not admit they had pursued the vehicle until days later.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/father-of-teen-killed-in-crash-wants-more-transparency-from-police/

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/teens-were-pursued-by-police-moments-before-deadly-u-city-crash-went-undiscovered-for-4/article_3aa8dfbe-50c0-11ee-9d1d-c7263a53c440.html

Jackson PD spotted a vehicle they felt was involved in auto burglaries and escalated a chase. The vehicle crashed, killing James J. Stevenson, Donte Ingram and Jamiah T. Smith.

https://www.wapt.com/article/2-dead-3-hospitalized-from-crash-involving-a-stolen-vehicle/45020806

https://www.wlbt.com/2023/09/06/3-dead-after-police-chase-multi-vehicle-wreck-hinds-county/

https://www.wjtv.com/news/local-news/two-killed-others-injured-after-jackson-police-chase-stolen-vehicle/

Jackson PD spotted a vehicle they felt was involved in auto burglaries and escalated a chase. The vehicle crashed, killing James J. Stevenson, Donte Ingram and Jamiah T. Smith.

https://www.wapt.com/article/2-dead-3-hospitalized-from-crash-involving-a-stolen-vehicle/45020806

https://www.wlbt.com/2023/09/06/3-dead-after-police-chase-multi-vehicle-wreck-hinds-county/

https://www.wjtv.com/news/local-news/two-killed-others-injured-after-jackson-police-chase-stolen-vehicle/

Jackson PD spotted a vehicle they felt was involved in auto burglaries and escalated a chase. The vehicle crashed, killing James J. Stevenson, Donte Ingram and Jamiah T. Smith.

https://www.wapt.com/article/2-dead-3-hospitalized-from-crash-involving-a-stolen-vehicle/45020806

https://www.wlbt.com/2023/09/06/3-dead-after-police-chase-multi-vehicle-wreck-hinds-county/

https://www.wjtv.com/news/local-news/two-killed-others-injured-after-jackson-police-chase-stolen-vehicle/

Salt Lake County deputies chased an impaired driver who sped away and hit and killed 15-year-old Dominic Charles Cole on his bicycle.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/09/05/15-year-old-bicyclist-dies-after/