Ohio
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Ohio
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Pursuit-related deaths per 100K: 2.0
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Pursuit-related deaths (1996-2015): 231 (11th highest)
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Violent crimes per 100K (2015): 291.9 (19th lowest)
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Bystander deaths (1996-2015): 130 (3rd highest)
Source
Mary Taulbee, 57
Montgomery County
2018
This FOX 19 news video tells us about the heartfelt ripple effect of Mary Taulbee's kindness and a little about the police pursuit crash that took her life.
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“We are all still trying to wrap our heads around it. My beautiful, sweet, giving, loving mom will be missed by so many people.”
~Kari Bayless
Mary's Daughter
“My brother Johnny was a year older than me—one of 14 siblings. A Vietnam army veteran, he raised horses and taught us how to ride. Johnny was very generous and had the kindest heart.”
~Margaret Geier
Johnny's Sister
Virginia DiGiorgio, 57
Grafton
2007
Commentary by Candy Priano: It's not worth it. Another innocent person is killed because police cannot figure out another way to catch someone driving a stolen car.
Sheila J. Pierce, 57
Ohio
2006
Fleeing DUI suspect crashes into car, kills innocent driver
Grace Chamberlain, 18
and Andrew Hopkins, 18
Burton Township
2006
Grace and Andrew, both 18, died as a result of a March 2 car crash on Route 700 in Burton Township. Their friend Evan Dasilva was seriously injured resulting in partial blindness.
The Story
An intoxicated driver while fleeing Burton police on snow-covered Ohio 700 plowed a pickup truck into the teens' car. His truck, traveling an estimated 71 mph, crushed Hopkin's Dodge Shadow. The force of the impact reduced the car's length by 37 inches.
Front-seat passenger Grace Chamberlain, 18, of Kirtland died that night. The driver—Andrew Hopkins, 18, of Warren—succumbed to his injuries 11 days later.
Evan DaSilva, 19, of Rhode Island survived the crash but still carries its scars. He lost the vision in his right eye.
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Source: The Bureau of Justice Statistics is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice. For state data, the report used pursuit-related fatalities from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTA), which uses the Fatality Analysis Reporting System*, 1996–2015, released May 9, 2017.
*The Fatality Analysis Reporting System receives data on pursuit deaths at the discretion of law enforcement officials.
The FBI reported in 2002: "The lack of a mandatory reporting system hampers attempts by NHTSA to track pursuit fatalities and results in the collection of as little as one-half of the actual data. Typically, only 90 percent of states report pursuit fatality data to NHTSA. By extrapolating the 5-year totals to include 100 percent reporting, calculations would show an average of 375 deaths per year. Even conservative estimates The reporting of pursuit fatalities is not mandatory and there is no government oversight."