Emmanuel Humphreys

How they died

Pursuit

Police said they were called to a home in Richmondville where 36-year-old Emmanuel Humphreys was fighting with his girlfriend. When police arrived, he had already left. Troopers stopped him. While the officers were talking to him, he sped off, running over an officer's foot and leading a 21-mile police car chase that reached up to 80 miles per hour. Police said he called his girlfriend several times during the chase and left voicemails, saying he wanted to crash into something and die. When he got to Rotterdam, he hit a dump truck. Police said after hitting the dump truck, his car spun, and a trooper's car hit him. Humphreys' car split in half and hit another other. Humphreys was pronounced dead at the scene.

Why we remember them

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

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