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Emily Gerding and her husband John were driving in Robbinsdale when they were hit by a car involved in a police chase that killed Emily and critically injured her husband John. Robbinsdale PD had been chasing a vehicle and initiated a chase that crashed at Orchard and 36th. Police, as is common, allege that they stopped the chase just before the crash.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/1-killed-1-critically-injured-robbinsdale-crash-driver-arrested/

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/suspect-fleeing-police-kills-driver-critically-injures-passenger-in-collision

https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/local/one-dead-one-in-custody-following-weekend-crash

Rutland City Police Officer Jessica Ebbighausen, 19, was killed on Friday afternoon when she was chasing a man believed to be involved in a burglary and collided with him.

https://www.kxxv.com/news/a-vermont-police-officer-aged-19-died-in-a-crash-with-a-burglary-suspect-she-was-chasing

Andra Farnell Craig was a third-party motorist driving on Rosedale Street and Evans Avenue when police chased a vehicle at high speeds into his path ghat crashed into his vehicle, killing him.

https://news.yahoo.com/1-dead-2-custody-fort-133713395.html

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/man-dies-after-crashing-into-a-fort-worth-police-suv-involved-in-a-pursuit/3291794/

https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2023-07-07/civilian-driver-killed-during-forth-worth-police-chase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meJlVGYh8Qs

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/report-fort-worth-police-chase-that-killed-uninvolved-driver-reached-100-mph/

https://www.fox4news.com/news/fort-worth-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-crash

https://www.13abc.com/2023/07/06/officer-stable-condition-following-shooting-columbus-highway-1-suspect-dead-2-others-run/

https://www.fox19.com/2023/07/06/highway-gun-battle-leaves-1-dead-officer-shot-with-massive-blood-loss-columbus/

https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/suspect-killed-officer-wounded-as-robbery-spree-ends-with-pursuit-shootout-on-ohio-interstate/article_c0cda3a0-83f8-5a0b-a711-efad8a567def.html

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/what-to-know-about-officer-shot-hunt-for-suspects-in-armed-robbery-shootout/530-2dd9d8b2-9793-4db7-9eae-1cba87dc40a2

A woman in her 60s had just shot and injured a man who called 911. He was stable but he was able to give police the exact ID and vehicle description of the shooter. Police spotted the vehicle on the road and chased and assaulted it with a PIT maneuver. As soon as she was hit with the PIT maneuver, she spun out, crashed into a stop sign and died.

https://www.kwch.com/2023/07/05/butler-co-shooting-suspect-located-e-wichita-1-critically-injured/

https://www.kake.com/story/49154656/butler-county-shooting-suspect-dies-after-tactical-vehicle-intervention-in-bel-aire

https://www.wibw.com/2023/07/05/driver-pronounced-dead-after-early-morning-shooting-spurs-police-chase/

https://www.iolaregister.com/news/state-news/shooting-suspect-dies-after-chase

California Highway Patrol saw a stolen car and escalated a chase which ended at the intersection of 163rd Avenue and Liberty Street in San Leandro where the vehicle crashed. One man was shot to death by police who claim that he struggled to take their gun. He is believed to have been unarmed.

https://hoodline.com/2023/07/deadly-san-leandro-officer-involved-shooting-following-high-speed-stolen-car-pursuit/

https://www.ktvu.com/news/1-killed-3-arrested-after-battle-with-law-enforcement-officers-in-east-bay

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/video/suspect-killed-in-san-leandro-following-stolen-car-chase/

https://abc7news.com/alameda-county-chase-suspect-killed-chp-officer-men-arrested/13456208/

George Bell, a 68-year-old third-party motorist was driving down the street on Powhatan Parkway in Hampton, VA when a police vehicle lost control, hit two unoccupied parked vehicles and then hit a house. George Bell was in the first vehicle that was hit by the officer. He died in the hospital 2 weeks later from injuries. It is not known how fast the officer was driving and why they may have been speeding.

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/police-68yo-dies-after-crash-with-hampton-officer/

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/hampton/man-dies-following-car-crash-involving-hampton-police-officer/291-c12a4625-4417-4714-b9fd-613cf14f65d4

Maria Casillas Irene Reyes was changing her car tire on the side of the freeway when she was hit and killed by an Austin PD officer. The family complains that the city is not forthcoming and supportive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hcHgiq9KEHQ

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/crash-austin-police-identify-driver-killed-texas-officer

Off-duty officer Alyssa Preuss was driving a marked police car that collided with a civilian vehicle. Maria Irene Casillar Reyes, the other driver, died. Details of what led to the accident are not known.

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/one-person-taken-to-hospital-after-nw-austin-car-crash-involving-apd-officer-hwy-183-closed

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/apd-unit-fatal-crash/269-7246d494-3ce8-4839-bbd1-bc5ff5dfc148

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/crash-austin-police-identify-driver-killed-texas-officer

Steven M. Brown was chased by 7 or 8 police vehicles until he crashed and died. The reason for the chase was not revealed by police.

https://turnto10.com/news/local/west-warwick-crash-accident-new-london-turnpike-justice-police-allegation-scenic-drive-hospital-fatal-chase-june-30-2023

Montgomery PD chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed and rolled over. Isaias Garcia died.

https://www.wsfa.com/2023/06/29/alea-1-dead-1-injured-high-speed-chase-crash-that-involved-shots-fired/

Charles County deputies responded to the 11900 block of Acton Lane in Waldorf for reports of a woman being assaulted by a man in a parking lot and a possible carjacking. Police took up chase. The vehicle soon struck a grass median, crossed into the northbound lanes and collided with a dump truck. Dejuan James Mitchell died.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/deadly-crash-following-police-pursuit-in-charles-county-under-investigation/65-68c996c7-0f72-4558-a8c1-895c543496d4

https://thebaynet.com/carjacking-person-killed-in-crash-after-high-speed-chase-on-mattawoman-beantown-road/

https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2023/06/30/fatal-crash-after-police-pursuit-in-charles-county-iid-investigates/

https://www.wmar2news.com/local/carjacking-person-fleeing-police-dies-after-colliding-with-dump-truck-in-waldorf

https://smnewsnet.com/archives/522055/video-video-released-after-carjacking-person-died-in-high-speed-chase-and-crash-on-mattawoman-beantown-road-in-waldorf/

https://wjla.com/news/local/video-released-of-deadly-police-chase-in-charles-county-assault-carjack-a-woman-in-waldorf-maryland-attorney-generals-office-dash-cam-footage-dump-truck-dejuan-mitchell

Officer Aaron Smith was placing stop sticks to stop a fleeing driver. He was hit by the vehicle and killed.

https://fox59.com/indiana-news/indiana-state-police-trooper-involved-in-indy-car-crash/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4ixfgOfVQU

Bohdan Vetrov tragically died in a major car accident when he drove an 18-wheeler that was hit by a car fleeing a police chase. Vetrov was a truck driver with seven dependent children.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/semi-driver-killed-in-lakewood-crash-during-police-chase-of-robbery-persons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIP8ws4BYkc

DeSoto County police said they began their pursuit at 3:30 a.m., when they saw a white Nissan Maxima at Highway 61 and Starlanding Road. Two males wearing ski masks were inside the car. Dispatch advised that the vehicle was stolen out of Memphis. Deputies claimed that they terminated the chase at Highway 61 and Stateline Rd. the vehicle crashed and 2 men were killed.

https://wreg.com/news/local/two-people-dead-in-south-third-street-wreck/

DeSoto County police said they began their pursuit at 3:30 a.m., when they saw a white Nissan Maxima at Highway 61 and Starlanding Road. Two males wearing ski masks were inside the car. Dispatch advised that the vehicle was stolen out of Memphis. Deputies claimed that they terminated the chase at Highway 61 and Stateline Rd. the vehicle crashed and 2 men were killed.

https://wreg.com/news/local/two-people-dead-in-south-third-street-wreck/

Shortly before 1 a.m. when officers observed a white Jeep speeding near 19th Street and Greenfield Avenue. Milwaukee PD allege that the driver ran a red light near Cesar E. Chavez Drive and Greenfield Avenue. Police tried stopping the vehicle for reckless driving, and the driver sped off.
While being chased, the driver lost control and crashed into a vacant building near 23rd and Hopkins. The two passengers were pronounced dead at the scene.

https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-fatal-police-chase-2-women-dead-vehicle-struck-building

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMnFXPKei0o

https://www.wisn.com/article/police-chase-crash-2-women-dead/44369132

Shortly before 1 a.m., officers observed a white Jeep speeding near 19th Street and Greenfield Avenue. Milwaukee PD allege that the driver ran a red light near Cesar E. Chavez Drive and Greenfield Avenue. Police tried stopping the vehicle for reckless driving, and the driver sped off.
While being chased, the driver lost control and crashed into a vacant building near 23rd and Hopkins. The two passengers were pronounced dead at the scene.

https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-fatal-police-chase-2-women-dead-vehicle-struck-building

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMnFXPKei0o

https://www.wisn.com/article/police-chase-crash-2-women-dead/44369132

Anthony Sanchez was arrested and while handcuffed, he climbed in the front seat, stole the cruiser and died in a crash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbWCN7QBCgI

https://www.kktv.com/2023/06/21/person-dies-otero-county-after-stealing-crashing-colorado-state-patrol-vehicle/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/stolen-patrol-car-chase-colorado-otero-county/73-f2926e29-2145-46f2-973c-2852b3bd70b2

https://kiowacountypress.net/content/person-state-patrol-vehicle-crash-named

https://www.fox21news.com/news/stolen-state-patrol-car-chase-ends-in-deadly-crash/

Anthony Overton was being chased by police and was driving his motorcycle in the 1000 block of Railroad Avenue at high speeds, ran into a car and died as a result.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/06/27/motorcyclist-dies-while-allegedly-evading-police-in-west-des-moines/70360818007/

The Ozark CountySheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a trespassing in Baxter County at a residence on State Highway 201 North. Minutes later, the sheriff’s office received a second call about a loud disturbance at the same residence with people shouting and arguing.
Baxter County deputies arrived on the scene at approximately 10:10 a.m. and saw a man leaving on a motorcycle. The motorcycle traveled down Baxter County Road 35, and the deputies escalated a chase. The motorcycle and one of the deputy’s vehicles collided. The motorcyclist died.

https://www.ky3.com/2023/06/27/pursuit-motorcyclist-ends-death-baxter-county-ark-man/

A motorcycle driver died in the hospital following a police chase that ended in a wreck in Wayne County. A Perry County deputy in the Richton area had tried to stop Henry Edward Pittman on MS-42 and initiated a traffic stop, but the motorcycle driver did not stop. Police escalated a chase. Pittman crashed at the intersection of Brewertown Road and Narvel Brewer Road in Wayne County. He died.

https://www.wdam.com/2023/06/28/motorcyclist-dies-following-pursuit-wreck-wayne-co/

Seneca County Sheriff’s Office stated that a 23-year-old armed man abducted a 7-month-old baby girl. He had been in a relationship with the baby’s mother. The North Baltimore Police Chief had initially responded to a domestic dispute and said the person was homicidal and suicidal, threatening the child’s life. The baby’s mother was tracking the person’s location through her phone and passing the information on. An off-duty officer saw the vehicle and police tried to pull them over but the person led officers on a chase. He eventually accelerated at a high speed and veered off the road, hitting a house on Sandusky Street at full-speed.
Authorities surrounded the vehicle and broke the back window to get the baby out. Police say the 7-month-old was bleeding and had shallow breathing. The person was extricated from the vehicle and both were taken to an area hospital for treatment. According to Tiffin Police, the infant died from her injuries. The man is in critical condition.

https://www.13abc.com/2023/06/27/infant-abducted-hospitalized-after-person-drives-into-house/

A car carrying five passengers “failed to stop” at the intersection of Allen Hill Road and Route 205, was chased and after running the light, the car struck a tree and rolled off the road and down a nearby embankment.Chenelle Edwards died in the crash.

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/brooklyn-15-year-old-girl-griswold-dead-car-crash-18169793.php

Belinda Prim was a pedestrian near the corner of Septima P. Clark Parkway, more commonly called the Crosstown, and President Street, when she was hit by a police vehicle while crossing the street. Prim died as a result.

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/pedestrian-dies-days-after-being-hit-by-folly-beach-police-officer-in-downtown-charleston/article_7fb82d94-1637-11ee-8fc1-2347e46f98fe.html

https://abcnews4.com/news/local/pedestrian-struck-by-folly-beach-police-cruiser-on-crosstown-charleston-dies-schp-south-carolina-highway-patrol-continuing-investigation-highway-17-septima-clark-parkway-wciv

On Sunday, June 25, 2023, a police chase caused a crash involving 5 vehicles near the intersection of Northeast Glisan Street and Northeast 147th Avenue. Jennifer Parise was killed.

The fleeing person was traveling west on Northeast Glisan Street when he rear-ended two cars, one unoccupied parked car and another car that was occupied by two people. A woman in that car died and the other occupant was injured. The car then veered into the eastbound lane and hit two additional occupied cars. Two occupants from one of those eastbound cars went on their own to an area hospital to be evaluated.

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=492953

https://www.kptv.com/2023/06/29/family-remembers-portland-woman-killed-during-high-speed-police-chase/

A 2015 Dodge Avenger passenger car on State Highway 36 was being chased by Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputies. Two vehicles were on the side of the road, a disabled car and a pedestrian attempting to connect a tow chain between the two vehicles with the pedestrian lying under the front of the Buick when the fleeing vehicle being chased by policelost control of the vehicle and crashing into the Buick and the Mercury.
The pedestrian, Daniel Jerome Schafer, was pronounced dead on the scene of the crash. It is unknown why Hamilton County deputies conducted this fatal chase.

https://www.brownwoodnews.com/2023/06/25/pedestrian-killed-in-comanche-county-during-pursuit-of-fleeing-vehicle/

On 06/25/2023, 22-year-old Rodrigo Rivera Ramirez was being chased by Clackamas deputies until he crashed into a tree on Southwest Brown Road.The car quickly became engulfed in flames. He died.

https://www.wilsonvillespokesman.com/news/man-dies-after-crashing-into-tree-during-high-speed-chase-in-wilsonville/article_41b15a6e-13a0-11ee-a279-977696b20853.html

Adrián Hernández, a third party motorist, was killed after being struck by a vehicledriven by a teen trying to flee police in a stolen car in a West Valley City residential area. Police had chased after a stolen car with several teenagers and threw down spike strips. When the driver hit the spike strips, he soon lost control and crashed and killed unrelated motorist Adrian Hernandez.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/08/03/after-months-delay-west-valley/

A Saginaw County Sheriff’s deputy tried pulling over a vehicle after seeing a traffic offense near the intersection of Albany and Wilkins streets in Spaulding Township. The civilian vehicle did not stop. The deputy started a chase and the civilian vehicle crashed into a tree at the intersection of South Washington and Banner Roads. Tony J. Boggs Jr. died.

https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2023/06/saginaw-man-dies-in-crash-after-brief-police-pursuit.html

Georgia State troopers saw a motorcyclist going 100 mph in a 70-mph zone on Interstate 75 in Cobb County, swerving “in and out of traffic” and driving in the emergency lane at an “extremely high rate of speed,” police said. A trooper lost control of their vehicle and struck a guardrail and then another car traveling southbound. Both vehicles went off the right side of the highway before coming to a stop. Other troopers continued to chase the motorcyclist but eventually lost sight of him and allegedly stopped the pursuit. One of the troopers took an exit onto a local road and found the motorcyclist crashed on the exit ramp after striking a vehicle in the shoulder. The unnamed motorcyclist was dead.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article276760936.html

Harris County deputies were chasing an allegedly stolen vehicle with four men inside until it crashed, causing one of the persons to be ejected on the westbound lanes of the East Freeway, killing him.

https://abc13.com/houston-crime-traffc-fatak-crash-on-i-10-fatal/13422989/

https://localaccidentreports.com/houston-tx-stolen-vehicle-police-chase-ends-in-fatal-crash-on-east-freeway-leaving-people-with-minor-injuries/

https://www.globalvillagespace.com/GVS-US/fatal-crash-on-wb-i-10-near-federal-road-causes-closure-after-police-chase/

Master Deputy Robert L. Howard was involved in a car crash and died.

https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/hillsborough-county-deputy-dies-following-off-duty-crash/

Lawrence County deputies were pursuing a white 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 northbound on Missouri Highway 37, believing the driver to be impaired. The chase reached speeds up to 100 mph on county roads. The driver being chased ran a red light and t-boned a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, driven by Larry A. Brock, 53 of Crane. The high-speed impact sent Brock’s vehicle over a bridge and into a dry creek bed, instantly killing both Brock and his passenger, Lydia E. Shorey, 61, also of Crane.

http://www.lawrencecountyrecord.com/content/high-speed-pursuit-crash-kills-two-crane

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2023/06/24/two-dead-after-pursuit-in-barry-county-driver-arrested/70353594007/

Lawrence County deputies were pursuing a white 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 northbound on Missouri Highway 37, believing the driver to be impaired. The chase reached speeds up to 100 mph on county roads. The driver being chased ran a red light and t-boned a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, driven by Larry A. Brock, 53 of Crane. The high-speed impact sent Brock’s vehicle over a bridge and into a dry creek bed, instantly killing both Brock and his passenger, Lydia E. Shorey, 61, also of Crane.

http://www.lawrencecountyrecord.com/content/high-speed-pursuit-crash-kills-two-crane

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2023/06/24/two-dead-after-pursuit-in-barry-county-driver-arrested/70353594007/

Shortly before 5 p.m. on 06/22/2023, an off-duty New Jersey State Police officer in an unmarked vehicle began chasing an individual on a motorcycle in Springfield. Police escalated the chase to greater 100 miles per hour until the motorcyclist collided with a third-party vehicle near the intersection of Route 206 and Jacksonville-JobstownRoad. The unnamed 24-year-old male motorcyclist was killed as a result of the police chase crash.It is unknown whether the deceased motorcyclist knew the unmarked car was a police officer hunting them.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/moorestown/1-dead-nj-police-chase-crash-state-officials-say

https://6abc.com/motorcyclist-killed-motorcycle-crash-springfield-nj/13414852/

On 06/22/2023 at about 12:22 a.m., a San Pablo police officer saw a green 1997 Nissan Altima speeding on San Pablo Dam Road. The driver failed to yield to a traffic stop. San Pablo PD escalated a chase to 90 miles per hour. After about 0.7 miles and 30 seconds, the officer claims to have terminated the pursuit. Soon, the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office notified San Pablo police about a rollover collision involving the Nissan in the 5000 block of Appian Way. A 29-year-old unnamed man had died as a result of the police chase crash.

https://richmondstandard.com/richmond/2023/06/22/richmond-man-dies-in-solo-vehicle-crash-in-el-sobrante-that-followed-police-pursuit/

https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/man-dies-in-early-morning-crash-after-fleeing-18165275.php

Byron Tuircuit, 56, was allegedly driving recklessly in the area of Little Hope Street and LA 44 in Garyville. St. John the Baptist Parish deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop as Tuircuit traveled on LA 44, but hedrove away, and deputies escalated a chase. He lost control at the intersection of East 20th Street and the vehicle flipped several times, killing him.

https://www.nola.com/news/reserve-man-dies-in-st-john-crash-after-police-pursuit/article_4c697910-104d-11ee-8b86-1f3c6cc40950.html

Officer Elisha McDonald of Sumter County Sheriff’s Office ran off the road for unknown reason, hit parked car and man standing on private property next to it, killing Hercules Sharper.

https://www.heraldonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article276825291.html

A deputy with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) struck and killed a pedestrian in the 3600 block of Crain Highway on 06/21/2023.

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/charles-county/pedestrian-struck-by-officer-in-charles-county/

Minneapolis PD started a chase around 10 p.m. Friday 06/20/2023 when an officer spotted a driver speeding on Interstate 35. The driver exited the highway before crashing into another vehicle with four women and a girl inside, police said. All five were pronounced dead at the scene.

https://www.kbtx.com/2023/06/17/4-women-1-girl-killed-minneapolis-crash-after-they-were-hit-by-driver-who-was-evading-police/