Report: 7 killed in Calif. police chase (Fresno)

Orange County Register ^ | Aug. 9, 2009

[South40]

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol says a police chase in Dinuba has ended with seven people dead, including four children.

The patrol says Dinuba police were trying to stop a car Saturday afternoon for a traffic infraction.

Patrol Sgt. Jon Baker says the driver went through a stop sign during the pursuit and collided with a pickup truck.

[basil]

Personally, I have thought for years that most police chases should be banned. This is a case in point—7 people died because the police are chasing a person guilty of a traffic infraction? Good grief!

[4rcane]

maybe come up with a technology that tags the car and monitor it with predator drones, and chase the car from a far distance until the car stop, then move in

[South40]

I believe many of not most California cities do not chase for this very reason.

[Mark was here]

With the government running out of money, these Revenue Agents, have to pull out all the stops. The important thing is they get their $100.

[WVKayaker]

Personally, I have thought for years that most police chases should be banned.

Yeah, that's right. Let them go. They are just lawbreakers.(/sarcasm)

7 people died because some idiot thought he/she could outrun the cop(s) and drove into a busy intersection without stopping, CRASH. You can commiserate and whine about it, but the facts aren't available, are they? Maybe the van was loaded with drugs? Maybe it was just carrying illegals. Inquiring minds don't really care a whit when idiots take themselves out. The unfortunates who were with them also paid the price, but the cops weren't the reason! Running away from the cops was...

Next!

[mkjessup]

Get ready to be labeled a ‘cop-hater’ Mark.

[mazda77]

There is a device under development that is essentially a stun gun for cars. It backdoors a high energy magnetic pulse through the ground plane of the car and blows the ignition computer or the ignition system for carbureted cars.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

In Fremont where I live a while ago. The police had a gadget that could turn the light in an intersection red. The fire department had it too.

The police in Fremont could have probably prevented this accident.

BTW - Fresno is pretty heavily infested with gangs.

[TCats]

Your suggestion is exactly what needs to be done.

I don't care what the Perp has done, you just can't chase them in the middle of town. This is a very predictable result and it happens all too often.

[Mark was here]

Get ready to be labeled a ‘cop-hater’ Mark.

I like cops who solve crimes and help people, support them 100%.

I despise revenue agents in unmarked cars, pure scum in my book.

[robertwalker62]

these chases are nothing more than state sponsored terrorism. Police need to focus on more effective, and smarter ways, as opposed to flashy chases.

[org.whodat]

Correct tagging illegals in car's with hell-fires would work.

Not saying that this was a chase of illegals, but it was California.

[Gay State Conservative]

Maybe come up with a technology....

Just read the other day that GM's "OnStar" system now has a feature that allows OnStar,at the direction of the police,to slowly (and,it's claimed,safely) bring to a stop a car equipped with it that's involved in a police chase.And I know that there's at least one European car maker that has a feature that's basically the same as OnStar (same basic technology).

[Repeal The 17th]

“The police acted stupidly.”

[org.whodat]

Four of the five children in the pickup were ejected and died at the scene. The fifth child and an adult were airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno with moderate to major injuries. The other adult was taken by ambulance to the same hospital with moderate injuries.

Will know what kind of fool drives around with kids exposed to this shortly.

[libertybell]

Every officer who was involved should be charged with murder.

[mazda77]

http://www.eurekaaerospace.com/hpems.php

[mazda77]

Hmmmmmm. Yea sure./sarc

[Prodigal Son]

The police have a duty to apprehend in a manner that is safe for the public. For example, a policeman might really want to shoot a fleeing suspect but he should not fire if it occurs on a crowded sidewalk and many (or even just a few) civilians are going to get caught in the crossfire.

These children got caught in the crossfire. Crossfire is a two way thing.

Maybe the van was loaded with drugs? Maybe it was just carrying illegals.

Is that worth 7 lives? Is it ok for the kids to die if it's about illegals? I don't think so. Maybe for the drugs /sarcasm