MDTA Police Pursuit Involving Crash Resulting In Driver’s Death To Be Investigated

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CATONSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of Attorney General Brian Frosh is investigating a single-vehicle clang involving a constabulary pursuit successful which a antheral died Saturday successful Catonsville, according to a connection from the office.

A Maryland Transportation Authority constabulary serviceman assigned to the Operations Support Unit saw the operator of metallic Monte Carlo perpetrate a postulation usurpation conscionable aft 2:45 a.m. astatine Interstate 395 and Conway Street and followed the car onto the I-395 ramp and past I-95 south. The operator was speeding and weaving successful and retired of traffic, according to the statement.

The serviceman tried to marque a postulation stop, but the operator drove distant astatine a precocious complaint of velocity erstwhile the serviceman approached, according to the statement.

The Monte Carlo exited I-95 southbound onto the Baltimore Beltway, and the officer, acrophobic the operator was impaired, followed, according to the statement.

The Monte Carlo exited I-695 astatine Wilkens Avenue astatine a precocious complaint of speed, mislaid control, crossed Wilkens Avenue, deed the median and was ejected from the vehicle, according to the statement.

The serviceman provided archetypal assistance until paramedics arrived. The antheral driver, who was 26, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. Neither the operator nor the serviceman was not identified successful the statement.

The officer’s dashboard camera and microphone some were progressive during the pursuit, according to the statement.

Camera footage mostly is released wrong 14 days of an incident, though the connection said it could instrumentality longer if investigators request much clip to interrogation witnesses, if determination are method delays caused by the request to redact the identities of witnesses, oregon to let household members to presumption the video earlier it is released to the public.

The IID is investigating the incidental with the assistance of the Maryland State Police Crash Team.

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