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Eduardo Gutierrez Godinez
United States · Aged 39 · Died 10/31/2003
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Eduardo Godinez died after a Chevrolet Blazer crashed into him while officers detained him. Police were reportedly breaking up a fistfight at about 8 p.m., when the Blazer hit Godinez as he stood with his hands on the trunk of a police car that did not have its emergency lights activated. Godinez' legs were severed and he died at a hospital. One officer was treated and released, and another was hospitalized in stable condition. Police were unsure whether the officers were injured from flying debris or by the Blazer. The driver, Luis Contreras, 25, was charged with reckless homicide and DUI. In 2008, a Cook County jury awarded $7.5 million in a wrongful death suit brought by Godinez' family.
Alleged responsible partyCicero Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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