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Amaya Taylor 1 of 2

Case # :488

Gender : Female

Age : 4

Race : Latinx

Date : 04/27/2023

Location : I-15+SR 76

City : San Marcos

County : San Diego

State : California

Agency : California Fish+Wildlife

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Third party killed by police chase crash

Disposition : No Known charges

Open records summary :

Courteney and her daughter Amaya Taylor were on an outing and left for home around 3 in the afternoon. Family received a crash alert from her phone. Family members immediately drove to the scene. And on the I-15, they saw a severe crash. Courteney and Amaya were dead at the scene.
A Fish and Wildlife officer had chased another driver and escalated speed on a DUI driver. The officer claims he “called off the chase” when the DUI driver went off the road and onto the highway and crashed into Courteney and Amaya’s car, killing both.

Source links :

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/loved-ones-mourn-mother-daughter-killed-in-personed-dui-crash-near-bonsall