GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay Police have more information about a Sunday morning chase and crash that killed one person.
Police releasing the following statement:
On April 16th at around 9:47am, a GBPD Officer was involved in a vehicle pursuit that originated in the area of 9th and S. Ashland.
The officer was in this area because of a suspicious person/check welfare complaint that an intoxicated male was trying to get into vehicles.
Complainant said the male was stumbling around, banged on her windows, tried to get into her vehicle and then went across the street and tried to do the same to her neighbor’s vehicles.
Officers responded to the area and attempted to stop a vehicle in the alley between Broadway and Chestnut driving erratically.
The vehicle initially pulled to the curb as if it was going to stop but took off. A pursuit was initiated.
The suspect vehicle fled and later jumped the curbed, crashed into a tree, and the vehicle split into two pieces. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Blood alcohol and toxicology tests are pending. The identity of the suspect driver is not being released.
State Patrol is handling the crash investigation/reconstruction.
Due to recent law changes, this is being handled as an officer involved death, therefore Appleton Police Department is handling the investigation.
