Caleb Thompson

How they died

Vehic/Purs

Police said two officers in a squad car tried to stop a 1992 Buick driven by 15-year-old Caleb Thompson, who'd taken his mother's car, around 10 p.m. for driving with bright lights on Upton Road. Caleb turned east on Stoll and the officers gave chase for about a mile with speeds reaching 80 mph. Police said they called off the pursuit at Peacock Road and lost sight of the Buick on the hilly road. They then saw that Caleb had hit a bridge abutment and that the car was in flames. Officers reportedly extinguished the fire and pulled Caleb out. He died at a hospital the following afternoon.

Why we remember them

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

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