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15-09-2026
On Monday morning around 4 a.m. in Bullhead City, Arizona, a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle ended in a fatal wrong-way crash that left one person dead and five others injured.According to Bullhead City Police Chief Paul George:
- An officer initially initiated a pursuit after spotting a vehicle traveling at high speeds on Hancock Road. The officer called off the chase after about two minutes when the driver began driving into oncoming traffic.
- As the vehicle continued onto State Route 95, officers determined it had been reported stolen out of Kingman.
- The stolen car eventually turned back northbound on State Route 95, passed the officer again, and a second pursuit began.
- Shortly after, the driver crossed into oncoming traffic once more and collided directly into another car.
- The driver of the oncoming vehicle was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Five people inside the stolen carfour juveniles and one adultwere transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police noted that the occupants were already known to law enforcement from prior criminal activity.