Vehicular Deaths
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Julie McGowan 2 of 2
Case # :255
Age :65
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 12/14/2022
Location : 1190 North Rd
City : Paxton
County : Iroquois
State : Illinois
Agency : Paxton PD, Ford County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Paxton PD and Ford County deputies were chasing a car southbound on Route 45 when the driver lost control near 1190 North Road. The car crossed the center line and hit a northbound SUV and a northbound pickup truck, then spun out and flipped several times before coming to a rest on the west side of the road. A fourth car received a flat tire after it drove over debris.
State Police said the driver being chased was 44-year-old Krista Woltz-Hernandez of Buckley who died at the scene. The driver of the SUV Woltz-Hernandez hit, 65-year-old Julie McGowan of Rantoul, also died at the scene. A man in a third car was hurt and taken to the hospital. It is unknown why police chased this driver.
Source links :
https://www.wcia.com/news/police-pursuit-ends-in-deadly-crash-in-iroquois-county/
Krista Woltz-Hernandez 1 of 2
Case # :254
Age :44
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 12/14/2022
Location :
City : Paxton
County : Iroquois
State : Illinois
Agency : Paxton PD, Ford County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Paxton PD and Ford County deputies were chasing a car southbound on Route 45 when the driver lost control near 1190 North Road. The car crossed the center line and hit a northbound SUV and a northbound pickup truck, then spun out and flipped several times before coming to a rest on the west side of the road. A fourth car received a flat tire after it drove over debris.
State Police said the driver being chased was 44-year-old Krista Woltz-Hernandez of Buckley who died at the scene. The driver of the SUV Woltz-Hernandez hit, 65-year-old Julie McGowan of Rantoul, also died at the scene. A man in a third car was hurt and taken to the hospital. It is unknown why police chased this driver.
Source links :
https://www.wcia.com/news/police-pursuit-ends-in-deadly-crash-in-iroquois-county/
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :253
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/12/2022
Location : Unknown
City : St. Cloud
County : Stearns
State : Minnesota
Agency : Stearns County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
On Monday, December 12th, a sergeant with the Stearns County Sheriff’s Department spotted a wanted man on County Road 4 in St. Wendel Township at 10:51 a.m. The sergeant pursued him, but he fled. Police got a call from a nearby construction site that someone had just stolen one of their work trucks. The same man, still fleeing, took out a street pole while escaping in the vehicle. The man fled again until he crashed into another vehicle in St. Cloud at the intersection of 36th Avenue North and 10th Street North. The third-party driver in the other vehicle never regained consciousness and died from his injuries on December 22nd.
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Brad Miller *COP
Case # :252
Age :68
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/12/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Maury County
County : Maury
State : Tennessee
Agency : Maury County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Officer killed in traffic accident
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Maury County Reserve Deputy Brad Miller, who was killed in a traffic accident while on duty on 12/12/2022.
Source links :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26494-reserve-deputy-brad-miller
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :251
Age :60
Gender :Female
Race : Not Disclosed
Date : 12/12/2022
Location : US 17-92 Roberts Street
City : Orange City
County : Volusia
State : Florida
Agency : Orange City PD
Officer(s) : Brian Kibbe
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by patrol car
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
At about 2:30 a.m. on 12/12/2022, an Orange City PD vehicle traveling southbound on U.S. 17-92 (South Volusia Avenue) was merging into the left lane to turn on to Enterprise Road when it hit the pedestrian on Volusia Avenue near Roberts Street, killing the 60-year-old woman.
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Lemont Lang
Case # :250
Age :29
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/08/2022
Location : 16000 block of Hampden Pl
City : St. Louis
County :
State : Missouri
Agency : St. Louis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
An ALPR license plate reader alerted police to a possible stolen car and they escalated a chase. The car fled and crashed. Lemont Lang, 29, was killed Wednesday afternoon when a car speeding away from police collided with two other vehicles in the city’s Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :249
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/07/2022
Location : Unknown
City : St. Louis
County : St. Louis
State : Missouri
Agency : St. Louis PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Vehicle after PIT “tactical pursuit”
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A crash happened before 4:00 p.m. near the intersection of Theodosia and Arlington avenues, killing a man between 18 and 22 years old. A driver took off from one detective with an anti-crime task force. The suspect was in a stolen white SUV. Police escalated a chase, placed spike strips and the vehicle hit a series of other vehicles and came to a stop. A passenger in the vehicle died.
Source links :
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/deadly-crash-under-investigation-in-north-st-louis/
Raul Gonzalez *COP
Case # :248
Age :38
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 12/07/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Mission
County : Hidalgo
State : Texas
Agency : CBP Border Patrol
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : CBP agent killed in ATV crash on duty
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent died Wednesday after an all-terrain vehicle accident while patrolling along the border in south Texas while tracking a group of people who had crossed the border illegally. Fellow agents found the man unresponsive, began life-saving efforts and called for an ambulance, the statement said. The agent died at a hospital.
Source links :
https://www.knoe.com/2022/12/07/border-patrol-agent-dies-atv-accident-during-texas-patrol/
Lionel Rodriguez 2 of 2
Case # :247
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 12/06/2022
Location : I-5 at Sutterville Rd
City : Sacramento
County : Sacramento
State : California
Agency : Sacramento PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Run over by officer in unmarked car
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Juan Carlos Rodriguez and his brother Lionel Rodriguez were on the side of the road working on their car when an officer in an unmarked car hit them and killed both.
Source links :
https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento/double-fatal-collision-closes-lanes-on-southbound-i-5/
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article269790567.html
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-police-detective-named-deadly-i-5-crash/42193323
Juan Carlos Rodriguez 1 of 2
Case # :246
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 12/06/2022
Location : I-5 at Sutterville Rd
City : Sacramento
County : Sacramento
State : California
Agency : Sacramento PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Run over by officer in unmarked car
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Juan Carlos Rodriguez and his brother Lionel Rodriguez were on the side of the road working on their car when an officer in an unmarked car hit them and killed both.
Source links :
https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento/double-fatal-collision-closes-lanes-on-southbound-i-5/
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article269790567.html
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-police-detective-named-deadly-i-5-crash/42193323
Jose Angel DeLeon *COP
Case # :245
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 12/06/2022
Location : SB US Route 401
City : Warrenton
County : Warren
State : North Carolina
Agency : Warren County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in accident on duty
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
José Angel DeLeon was responding to a call when his patrol car crashed and went up in flames. It is unknown how fast he had been driving.
Source links :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26482-deputy-sheriff-jos-angel-deleon
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :244
Age :13
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/04/2022
Location : WB on OK-152
City : Sayre
County : Beckham
State : Oklahoma
Agency : Cordell PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A 13-year-old girl is dead after an early morning chase by Cordell PD after the 15-year-old driver lost control of the SUV and it left the road, hitting a building. The 13-year-old passenger was pinned in the vehicle for 30 minutes before the Sayre Fire Department freed her.
Source links :
https://www.wlbt.com/2022/12/05/13-year-old-dies-after-car-crashes-police-pursuit/
https://kfor.com/news/local/ohp-13-year-old-passenger-killed-in-crash-during-police-chase/
Kailyn Michelle Draine McAlpine
Case # :243
Age :19
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 12/04/2022
Location : University Boulevard near Old Shell Road
City : Mobile
County : Mobile
State : Alabama
Agency : Mobile PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Mobile PD tried to stop a vehicle on University Boulevard near Old Shell Road for having no tag at about 2:50 a.m. Sunday. Police chased the teenage driver until the precinct sergeant canceled the chase as it neared Bear Fork Road. Meanwhile, the driver control of the vehicle and hit a tree. With officers still following, they saw the vehicle overturned.
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Frank Gualdino *COP
Case # :242
Age :53
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/03/2022
Location : Tuckahoe Road + Sprain Brook Parkway overpass
City : Yonkers
County :
State : New York
Agency : Yonkers PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty in vehicle crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Sgt. Frank Gualdino was driving an unmarked car on Tuckahoe Road near the Sprain Brook Parkway overpass at around 4 p.m. when a vehicle lost control and slammed into the sergeant's vehicle and a Westchester County Bee-Line bus.
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Ernest Kenner
Case # :241
Age :74
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/02/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Columbia
County : Richland
State : South Carolina
Agency : Columbia PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Third party motorist killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Ernest Kenner, a 74-year-old Richland County man, is dead after being hit by a driver after being hit by a police chase by Richland County Sheriff’s Department.
Source links :
https://www.wistv.com/2022/12/02/one-dead-after-high-speed-pursuit-richland-county/
Name Not Disclosed
Case # :240
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/01/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Garland
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Garland PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed during police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A Dallas man whom police chased after a burglary died Wednesday after striking another vehicle then colliding with a pole in Richardson following a police pursuit.
Source links :
https://www.fox4news.com/news/i-20-police-chase-suspect-killed
Kaitlyn Cefalde
Case # :239
Age :22
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/01/2022
Location : Mahoning Ave
City : Youngstown
County :
State : Ohio
Agency : Youngstown PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Kaitlyn Cefalde was a passenger in a car being chased by police. Police escalated a high-speed chase that ended in a severe crash that killed passenger Cefalde.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :238
Age :24
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/29/2022
Location : 337-339 River St
City : Haverhill
County : Essex
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Haverhill PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Suicide under police duress
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on 11/29/2022, a Haverhill PD detective observed a motorcyclist pull into the Seven Eleven gas station at 503 River St. without a helmet. The motorcycle was unregistered and uninsured. The motorcyclist then fled the scene on foot and the detective pursued him on foot.
Kimball said other Haverhill Police units were called to help apprehend the man, who ran behind a building at 337 River St. Police followed the man and found him deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Kimball said. He was not publicly identified.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :237
Age :
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/28/2022
Location : 8100 North Loop East (North I- 610)
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Harris County Constables
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Harris County Precinct One deputy constables were in a vehicle pursuit with the driver of a grey Honda Civic driving southbound in the northbound lanes of the Hardy Toll Road. The deputies drove parallel with the wrong way vehicle in the correct lane with emergency equipment activated. The Civic continued to drive the wrong way eastbound in the westbound lanes of the North Loop. The driver of the Civic then struck a Chevrolet Tahoe head-on. The driver of the Civic was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :236
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/27/2022
Location : Highway 126
City : Springfield
County : Lane
State : Oregon
Agency : Springfield PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A Springfield PD officer was stopped at a red light on 42nd Street and Main Street when they saw a dark-colored Range Rover pass him eastbound on Main Street. Police tried to chase it but temporarily lost track of it. They said the car was going 80-90 miles per hour. Police began searching for the car when they said they got a 911 call about a car crash in the 3800 block of Highway 126. Officials said they arrived “within seconds,” to find the driver of the Ranger Rover dead. Of note, officers can only be at a crash site within seconds if they are actively pursuing the vehicle prior to the crash.
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Christopher Taylor *COP
Case # :235
Age :23
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/23/2022
Location : NB I-75 south of US-17
City : Punta Gorda
County : Charlotte
State : Florida
Agency : Charlotte County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Charlotte County sheriff’s deputy Christopher Taylor died after being hit by a suspected drunk driver during a traffic stop on I-75.
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Logan McDonald 2 of 2
Case # :234
Age :27
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 11/22/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Denham Springs
County : Livingston
State : Louisiana
Agency : Livingston County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Livingston Parish deputies were chasing a driver who had outstanding felony warrants. As a result of the chase, his truck hit a third party motorist along LA-16 near Sims Road. Two passengers in the truck, 25-year-old Cullen Pitre and 27-year-old Logan McDonald, died at the scene.
Source links :
https://www.wbrz.com/news/livingston-parish-chase-led-to-wreck-that-killed-two-people-on-la-16/
Cullen Pitre 1 of 2
Case # :233
Age :25
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/22/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Denham Springs
County : Livingston Parish
State : Louisiana
Agency : Livingston County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Livingston Parish deputies were chasing a driver who had outstanding felony warrants. As a result of the chase, his truck hit a third party motorist along LA-16 near Sims Road. Two passengers in the truck, 25-year-old Cullen Pitre and 27-year-old Logan McDonald, died at the scene.
Source links :
https://www.wbrz.com/news/livingston-parish-chase-led-to-wreck-that-killed-two-people-on-la-16/
Brandon Deshawn Gulley
Case # :232
Age :28
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/21/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Maple Bluff
County : Dane
State : Wisconsin
Agency : Maple Bluff PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed during police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Brandon Gulley was chased for unknown reasons by Maple Bluff PD until he crashed into a tree. He then took off on foot, was found and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Police did not reveal why they chased him. Four other people were injured in the wreck.
Source links :
https://www.nbc15.com/2022/11/21/driver-dies-after-maple-bluff-police-chase-ends-crash/
Jordan Jackson *COP
Case # :231
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/21/2022
Location : 500 block of Bellevue Way SE
City : Bellevue
County : King
State : Washington
Agency : Bellevue PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Motorcycle officer killed in line of duty
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Jackson was driving northbound riding his department motorcycle on Bellevue Way on Monday, Nov. 21 when he struck a car pulling out of a parking lot and onto the roadway and died.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :230
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/20/2022
Location : 11/20/2022
City : Lake Highlands
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : Garland PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Garland PD chased a vehicle they believed was involved in prior robberies. The chase continued until the vehicle crashed in the 12200 block of Greenville Ave. One person was killed, 2 others hospitalized.
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Miguel G. Romero
Case # :229
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 11/19/2022
Location : Front St+New York Ave
City : Uniondale
County : Nassau
State : New York
Agency : Nassau County PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Pedestrian killed by police car
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Miguel G. Romero was walking on Front Street and New York Avenue in Uniondale, NY when he was hit by a Nassau County PD officer in an unmarked car. It is unclear how fast the officer was driving or what led to the accident.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :228
Age :
Gender :Unknown
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/16/2022
Location : 3300 block of E Carson St
City : Pittsburgh
County : Allegheny
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : Pittsburgh PD and “multiple agencies”
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Multiple law enforcement agencies chased a car until it crashed, resulting in 1 person killed, 3 injured in fiery crash in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood in the 3300 block of East Carson Street.
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Joel Baker *COP
Case # :227
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/15/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Salt Lake City
County : Salt Lake
State : Utah
Agency : Salt Lake County SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by cement truck on way to work
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy Joel Baker was hit by a cement truck heading southbound on Redwood Road and killed.
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Brandon Paul Tsai *COP
Case # :226
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Asian
Date : 11/15/2022
Location : SW 3rd St+Pioneer Pkwy
City : Grand Prairie
County : Tarrant
State : Texas
Agency : Grand Prairie PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Officer died on the job in crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
On 11/15/2022 at 10:45 p.m. Monday, officer Brandon Paul Tsai was near the intersection of SW 3rd Street and Pioneer Parkway when he saw a vehicle with a fake paper license plate. Tsai escalated a chase and he himself lost control of his squad car, hitting a light pole.
The 32-year-old was taken to Methodist Dallas Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
Source links :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26452-police-officer-brandon-tsai
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/grand-prairie-officer-dies-losing-control-squad-car-chase-police/
Philip B. Bratton
Case # :225
Age :28
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/11/2022
Location : Roxana Rd+Pyle Center Rd
City : Frankford
County : Sussex
State : Delaware
Agency : Delaware State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Delaware State Police say a trooper observed a car driving recklessly on Vines Creek Road west of Powell Farm Road and attempted a traffic stop. Police say the trooper chased the car while it ignored emergency lights and sirens, continuing to drive recklessly at high speeds. When the car reached the intersection of Roxana Road and Pyle Center Road, he collided with a tractor trailer, who had a green light. The vehicle crashed into the rear of the tractor trailer, lodging itself underneath. The trailer dragged the car a short distance before stopping. Phillip Bratton died on the scene.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :224
Age :
Gender :Unknown
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/10/2022
Location : Consumnes River+Franklin Blvd
City : Sacramento
County : Sacramento
State : California
Agency : West Sacramento PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Sacramento PD located a man they wanted for a previous crime and started chasing him. He fled and eventually crashed at Cosumnes River Boulevard east of Franklin Boulevard, roughly a mile away from where the chase started. Viera said that driver was transported to a hospital where he later died.
Source links :
https://www.kcra.com/article/police-chase-ends-with-crash-in-sacramento/41927136
Name Not Disclosed 3 of 3
Case # :223
Age :
Gender :Unknown
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/09/2022
Location : Harvey
City : Hazel Crest
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Harvey PD, Hazel Crest PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A clerk at the Shell gas station on the southeast corner of 159th St. and Dixie Hwy. in Harvey called 911 and complained that an “irate woman with a gun” was vandalizing the store. Harvey PD and Hazel Crest PD responded to the call and the woman got into the vehicle and proceeded to drive southbound on Dixie Highway at a high rate of speed. The Harvey police officer escalated a chase which reached a high rate of speed. The fleeing vehicle swerved to avoid another vehicle, lost control, and crashed into a sign at 170th Street, split in two and all three of the occupants were ejected. Two died at the scene and another was transported to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn in critical condition. The third victim has also died.
Source links :
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/vehicle-fleeing-police-in-harvey-results-in-fatal-crash/
Name Not Disclosed 2 of 3
Case # :222
Age :
Gender :Unknown
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/09/2022
Location : Harvey
City : Hazel Crest
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Harvey PD, Hazel Crest PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A clerk at the Shell gas station on the southeast corner of 159th St. and Dixie Hwy. in Harvey called 911 and complained that an ”irate woman with a gun” was vandalizing the store. Harvey PD and Hazel Crest PD responded to the call and the woman got into the vehicle and proceeded to drive southbound on Dixie Highway at a high rate of speed. The Harvey police officer escalated a chase which reached a high rate of speed. The fleeing vehicle swerved to avoid another vehicle, lost control, and crashed into a sign at 170th Street, split in two and all three of the occupants were ejected. Two died at the scene and another was transported to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn in critical condition. The third victim has also died.
Source links :
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/vehicle-fleeing-police-in-harvey-results-in-fatal-crash/
Elexis Dampier 1 of 3
Case # :221
Age :19
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 11/09/2022
Location : Harvey
City : Hazel Crest
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Harvey PD, Hazel Crest PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
A clerk at the Shell gas station on the southeast corner of 159th St. and Dixie Hwy. in Harvey called 911 and complained that an ‘irate woman with a gun” was vandalizing the store. Harvey PD and Hazel Crest PD responded to the call and the woman got into the vehicle and proceeded to drive southbound on Dixie Highway at a high rate of speed. The Harvey police officer escalated a chase which reached a high rate of speed. The fleeing vehicle swerved to avoid another vehicle, lost control, and crashed into a sign at 170th Street, split in two and all three of the occupants were ejected. Two died at the scene and another was transported to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn in critical condition. The third victim reportedly also died in the hospital.
Image Credits: Philip Dillman via Facebook
Source links :
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/vehicle-fleeing-police-in-harvey-results-in-fatal-crash/
Arturo Tlapa Luna
Case # :220
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 11/09/2022
Location : Old Bridge
City : Marlboro
County : Monmouth
State : New Jersey
Agency : Marlboro PD
Officer(s) : Sgt. Greg Arrone
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office investigated a chase that stretched from Marlboro to Old Bridge on Nov. 9, 2022. One motorist died in a crash at the end of the chase. Police chased an allegedly stolen car until it crashed, resulted in the death of uninvolved driver Afturo Tlapa Luna.
A Marlboro police officer, identified Friday as Sgt. Greg Arrone, escalated a chase of the car that ended after the car hit several other vehicles on Route 9 south in Old Bridge in the area of Spring Valley Road shortly after 2 a.m.
The occupant of one of the cars, 33-year-old Freehold resident Arturo Tlapa-Luna, was killed in the crash. His wife, father and two daughters were also in the car and suffered severe injuries but survived.
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Name Not Disclosed
Case # :219
Age :
Gender :Unknown
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/07/2022
Location : 10600 Hirsch Rd
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Houston PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No Known charges
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Houston PD Northeast Patrol officers escalated a car chase against a reported stolen gray Honda Accord. As a result of the chase, the vehicle left the road, struck a metal fence of a business on the east side of the street, killing the driver and injuring the passenger.
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James Patton 2 of 2
Case # :218
Age :20
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/05/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Laguna Niguel
County : Orange
State : California
Agency : California Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Michael John Miscione
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by negligent officer
Disposition : No Known charges
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Two Camp Pendleton Marines had passed through a construction zone at 3 a.m., hit a wall and were sitting in a disabled car to the side of the construction zone. The driver had gotten out to call for help and 2 passengers were seated in the vehicle when deputy Michael John Miscione who had just gotten off work and was driving home in his truck fell asleep while driving and hit the disabled vehicle at 88 mph, killing both Marines. CHP investigators have recommended that vehicular manslaughter charges are filed against deputy Michael John Miscione, stating that criminal conduct can be proven. Charges are being conserved at this time.
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Samantha Lee Berrios
Case # :217
Age :20
Gender :Female
Race : Latinx
Date : 11/05/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Laguna Niguel
County : Orange
State : California
Agency : California Highway Patrol
Officer(s) : Michael John Miscione
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by negligent officer
Disposition : No Known charges
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Two Camp Pendleton Marines had passed through a construction zone in Laguna Niguel at 3 a.m., hit a wall and were sitting in a disabled car to the side of the construction zone. The driver had gotten out to call for help and 2 passengers were seated in the vehicle when deputy Michael John Miscione who had just gotten off work and was driving home in his truck fell asleep while driving and hit the disabled vehicle at 88 mph, killing both Marines. CHP investigators have recommended that vehicular manslaughter charges are filed against deputy Michael John Miscione, stating that criminal conduct can be proven. Charges are being conserved at this time.
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Kelvontae Zikel Banks
Case # :216
Age :21
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/04/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Atlanta
County : Clayton
State : Georgia
Agency : Clayton County SO
Officer(s) : Cameron Jamal Packs
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by patrol car crash
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Kelvontae Zikel Banks was killed early Friday morning after an officer crashed into his car on Georgia Highway 85 near Riverdale. Family report that the Clayton County police car came out of nowhere. “No lights on, no nothing” said father of deceased. A baby was injured. His father stated: "He was coming to pick his child’s mom up at 1 o’clock at this KFC and he was looking at him come in. He saw my son turn in and this police officer came out of nowhere, with no lights on or nothing and he killed my son," Butler said. His 2-year-old was in the backseat when he died and was admitted to Children's Hospital.
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https://news.yahoo.com/young-father-dead-toddler-injured-131524516.html