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Diane Creason
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Gender
Female
Age
51 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
12/04/2001
Location
Wood Street and Hume Avenue Muskegon Heights MI 49444 Muskegon
Cause of Death
Vehic/Purs
Bryan Anthony Smith reportedly stole an unattended GMC Yukon with the keys inside from a McDonald's parking lot at 12:44 p.m. A Norton Shores officer tried to stop the SUV on Getty Street, but couldn't keep up and radioed the SUV's locations. Muskegon Heights Sgt. Phil Coleman saw the SUV approach and tried to block the road, but Smith drove past him. Other officers converged tried to head off the Yukon as Smith drove around residential areas in a five-block radius. According to police, Coleman called off the pursuit while on Reynolds Street near Hume Avenue. "Within seconds," police said, Coleman saw the SUV collide with a pickup truck. The driver of the truck, Diane Creason, was ejected and died at a hospital.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Muskegon Heights Police Department, Norton Shores Police Department, Muskegon County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police, Muskegon Police Department
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National Anthem
United States