Innocent bystander killed after pursuit suspect slams into car

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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – It was a tragic sight early Monday for individuals who dwell in a single northeast Oklahoma Metropolis neighborhood.

“It is unhealthy,” described Geraldine Goff, who lives close to the place the crash occurred. 

A mangled automotive, and the entrance finish of a pickup truck smashed after a police chase ended close to N.E. fifteenth and Martin Luther King. 

“It is loopy, there’s all the time one thing occurring on the eastside, however I’ve by no means seen something like this earlier than,” mentioned Aiyanna Clarke, who lives close by. 

At occasions, scanner visitors indicated that speeds reached near 100 miles per hour. 

“It is simply tragic. It may very well be you, you by no means know,” mentioned Clarke. 

Officers say it began close to twenty fifth and Central when the suspect stole a pickup truck from a building web site.

“A automobile was left operating with the keys in it,” mentioned Capt. Dan Stewart, with Oklahoma Metropolis Police Division. “Somebody jumped contained in the automobile, and left.”

Half an hour later, police noticed the automotive close to thirtieth and Lindsey.

When officers tried to the pull the driving force over, the chase began. 

“It weaved on the north and southeast facet of the town,” mentioned Capt. Stewart. 

It ended six minutes later. 

The suspect crashed into the driving force of a small white automotive, killing the lady who was driving. 

Police inform KFOR the lady who was killed was not concerned within the chase in any respect. 

“Any individual’s mother, any individual’s aunt or sister, any individual simply misplaced their life for no purpose, and it is received to come back to a cease,” mentioned Goff. 

All of this proper behind F.D. Moon Center College, which additionally left neighbors on edge. 

“Youngsters stroll by right here every single day,” mentioned Goff. 

Neighbors are actually leaving a message of the sufferer’s household. 

“I am sorry about your loss. We’ll maintain you in prayer,” mentioned Goff. “I am simply sorry trigger she did not should go.” 

Police haven’t launched the title of the sufferer or the suspect.

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