LaTasha N. Green

Vehic/Purs

Passenger LaTasha N. Green was was thrown from a car and killed after the driver fled from police. According to police, an officer attempted to stop a speeding car near 75th and James A. Reed. Instead of stopping, police said the driver sped up, then lost control of the car and flipped it off the road. Police claimed the officer had terminated the pursuit before the crash. Green was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital. A baby inside the car was also ejected and was found in the roadway crying. The infant was treated for non-life threatening injuries at a hospital. The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office charged the driver, Anthony C. Harris Jr., 31, with second-degree murder in Green's death.