Michael “Mike” Loumetric Mansell

How they died

Pursuit

Mike Mansell was the passenger in a car driven by Kent Washington that was traveling 56 mph in a 40 mph zone. He was coming home from work at the Nissan parts distribution. SCHP trooper Austyn Vaughn activated his blue lights and sirens in attempt to pull Washington over for a speeding violation. Washington did not stop, and so Vaughn engaged in a high speed pursuit, with Mansell inside the other. The vehicles traveled on US-25 and I-85 reaching speeds of up to 117 mph until Washington crashed, killing Mansell. His three children were issued a $175,000 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit against the South Carolina Highway Patrol in May 2021.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Michael “Mike” Loumetric Mansell, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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