Our
Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash in
Capitol Heights last night around 9:15 pm. The decedent is 26-year-old Coree
Parks of P Street in Northwest Washington.
The
preliminary investigation reveals Parks was driving a stolen minivan. Officers
were in the area actively looking for the minivan with the intention of making
an investigatory stop. Preliminarily, it appears Parks began to flee when he
observed marked police cruisers in the area. Parks drove over a median strip at
the intersection of Silver Hill Road and Marlboro Pike. He then struck a
responding marked police car, disabling that cruiser. Parks continued to flee
after striking the cruiser. Parks appears to have lost control of the minivan
and struck a telephone pole at the intersection of Walker Mill Road and Addison
Road, causing his fatal injuries. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Also,
as part of the preliminary investigation, investigators reviewed dash camera
video and police radio communications and determined that, at no point, was
there ever a pursuit.
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