Maryland Office of the Attorney General probing Baltimore Police role in crash that killed teen

BALTIMORE — The Unbiased Investigations Division of the Maryland Workplace of the Lawyer Common is trying right into a police investigation that preceded a multi-vehicle crash that killed a teen in Northwest Baltimore on Saturday, in line with authorities.

The deadly crash occurred after an officer driving a marked police cruiser observed and started “making an attempt to research” a black Honda CR-V driving within the space of Grantley Highway and Liberty Heights Avenue, investigators mentioned.

The driving force of the automotive entered the intersection and collided with two different automobiles at 6:23 p.m., police mentioned. Then, a type of automobiles struck a fourth car, in line with authorities.

The driving force of the Honda CR-V—a 17-year-old boy—was taken to an area hospital the place he was pronounced useless, investigators mentioned.

Two different individuals have been taken to the hospital to obtain remedy for his or her accidents whereas the occupants of the fourth car declined medical remedy, in line with authorities.

The Unbiased Investigations Division famous in an announcement on Sunday that the Baltimore Police cruiser concerned within the deadly crash was not outfitted with a dashboard.

The officers concerned within the incident have been carrying body-worn cameras although, investigators mentioned.

The Unbiased Investigations Division was notified of the crash on Saturday night, in line with IID spokesman Thomas Lester.

“Throughout our investigation we are going to evaluation the CRASH report, post-mortem reviews, interview witnesses, evaluation body-worn digital camera and some other video accessible to us amongst different issues,” Lester mentioned. “We’ll in the end evaluation the incident in accordance with related legal guidelines and put collectively an investigative report back to ship to the native [State’s Attorney’s Office].”

That is the second time the Unbiased Investigations Division has opened an investigation right into a deadly crash involving a Baltimore police officer throughout the previous 5 months, in line with the information maintained by the Maryland Workplace of the Lawyer Common.

The Unbiased Investigations Division sometimes releases physique digital camera footage inside 14 days of the incident that triggered the investigation.

That timeframe could possibly be prolonged if investigators want extra time to interview witnesses or if there are technical delays brought on by the necessity to protect the identities of civilian witnesses, in line with authorities.

Moreover, that timeframe could possibly be prolonged past the 14-day window to accommodate members of the family who want to view the video earlier than it’s launched to the general public, investigators mentioned.

The Unbiased Investigations Division will likely be conducting its investigation together with the Baltimore Police Division’s Particular Investigation Response Workforce, in line with a police assertion on the collision issued on Sunday morning.