Ryan James Kiess

How they died

Pursuit

Justin Mendez, 25, was trying to outrun police in a a Nissan Maxima and had turned off his headlights seconds before he crossed the center line and hit a other, killing four occupants and himself. While police said they weren't pursuing him, the officer was behind him with lights activated. The five people included Mendez, Uber driver Farhan Zahid, 32, and three of his passengers -- brothers Michael Farrell, 20, and James Farrell, 25, and 25-year-old Ryan Kiess.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Ryan James Kiess, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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