Derrick Pritchett

How they died

Vehic/Purs

Officers attempted to stop a car after the 17-year-old driver made an illegal U-turn, failed to maintain a lane and ran a red light early Saturday morning--all signs of a possibly impaired driver, police said. But the car didn't stop, and instead accelerated and led police on a short chase that ended when the Cadillac hit two curbs and then a concrete retaining wall along the on-ramp to I-75 southbound, killing the driver, Pritchett and a 16-year-old whose name was withheld.

Why we remember them

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

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