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Name Not Disclosed

Case # :317

Gender : Male

Age : 24

Race : Unknown

Date : 01/12/2023

Location : Military+Marbach

City : San Antonio

County : Bexar

State : Texas

Agency : Bexar County SO

Officer(s) : Unknown

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Traffic infraction

Disposition : Pending Investigation

Open records summary :

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office on January 12 initiated a high-speed chase resulting in a fatal crash that happened on Military Drive West just before 1 a.m. after a traffic safety unit pulled over a vehicle driving over 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. The deputy alleges he saw drugs in plain view when he approached the passenger side which the driver said were prescription drugs. The driver also voluntarily told deputies that he had a gun. He allegedly refused to get out of the car and drove away at high speed as the traffic stop worsened. Deputies escalated a chase and the driver lost control, crashed into a pole, then a U-Haul truck and flipped his vehicle onto its side. The crash caused the driver to be ejected and he was pronounced dead. The unnamed person was at fault only for speeding and possibly possession of recreational drugs but it is unclear what the dire emergency was that prompted police to undertake this chase that endangered an entire community before killing a driver for relatively small transgressions for such a risky police approach. No officers were charged.

Source links :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg6hnrQH7JU

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/san-antonio-fatal-car-crash-17713073.php

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/01/12/man-killed-after-crashing-vehicle-into-utility-pole-during-chase-with-deputies-bcso-says/