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High-speed car chases are recognized as a road safety problem, as vehicles not involved in the pursuit, pedestrians or street furniture may be hit by the elusive driver, who will often violate a number of traffic laws, often repeatedly, in their attempt to escape, or by the pursuing police cars.
Texas’ immigration enforcement has led to the deaths of 74 people over 29 months in high-speed chases, including seven bystanders, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Monday.
Stout said Texas troopers have engaged in roughly 500 high-speed pursuits in his border county alone this year, more than half of which exceeded speeds of 100 mph (160 kph).
A motorist led police on a high-speed chase through Santa Monica and Brentwood early Friday before driving the wrong way on the 405 Freeway and crashing into multiple vehicles, authorities said.
A high-speed police chase ended near Texas 360 in Mansfield after shots were fired Monday afternoon. The suspect fatally shot himself, police said. No officers were injured.
This case concerned a high-speed chase between Sacramento County sheriff's deputies and two men on a motorcycle: Brian Willard driving and Phillip Lewis as a passenger. The chase wove in and out of moving traffic and reached speeds up to 100 miles an hour, ending when Willard lost control and the bike tipped over.
More: 18-year-old charged in fatal Urbandale crash that started with high-speed police chase. The chase ended after the Villareal lost control and crashed. The Iowa State Patrol said Villareal ...
High speed chases of migrants led by US citizens and Texas state police have risen in Texas, dozens of which are fatal [96] Human Rights Watch found that more than two-thirds of police chases in Texas occurred in OLS counties, which contained 13% of the state population. According to HRW, 74 people have died and 189 were injured as a result of ...