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Rita Montes Martinez
United States · Aged 47 · Died 10/31/2011
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Jacquay Johnson died at a hospital at around 7 p.m., hours after he crashed his car while fleeing police, killing his passenger, Rita Montes Martinez, and seriously injuring two other people. Johnson reportedly fled after an officer tried to pull him over for speeding at around 10:40 a.m. Johnson instead continued west on Buchanan Road until his truck hit an SUV that was traveling north on Railroad Avenue. Martinez died at the scene. Both people inside the SUV's two occupant were hospitalized in serious condition, but were expected to survive.
Alleged responsible partyPittsburg Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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