At least ten people were killed nationwide last week in police chases, with several crashes in Southern California killing unrelated bystanders. Four of those killed were neither law enforcement nor fleeing police, authorities said.
In San Clemente, the Orange County Sheriff's Department pursued a stolen U-Haul that collided with a Mazda SUV, killing the Mazda's driver, 53-year-old Maria Ramirezahmad, and hospitalizing three other women in critical condition, the Associated Press reported. In Pomona, a suspect who returned to a domestic violence scene allegedly rammed a police car, fled and crashed into a vehicle carrying Marc Anthony Trejo and Jennifer Alejandra Loera Zarco, killing the couple and their unborn child, KCBS reported.
Also in Orange County, deputies pursued an Infiniti in Anaheim in another police chase that later ran a red light and struck several vehicles, killing Alberto Viveros, 70, and 14-year-old passenger Andrew Sanchez, KABC reported. Outside California, Alabama State Troopers' pursuit in Pike County ended when a Hyundai Elantra hit a tree and ejected four occupants who died, and Fort Worth police said a separate interstate pursuit ended in a crash after a fleeing driver struck other vehicles.
This report is based on information originally published by Jalopnik.
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