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Peoria Police Department
Police Administration


Jay A. Davies
Media Relations Office
Phone: 623-773-5070

MEDIA INFORMATION RELEASE


August 19, 2005

 

 

FATAL ACCIDENT VICTIM IDENTIFIED

Peoria police have released the identity of a Glendale man killed in a traffic accident August 18, 2005. 58-year-old Jeff Douglas Coochwytewa died as a result of injuries he sustained in an accident at 75th Avenue and Northern.

Coochwytewa was driving a 2003 GMC 4x4 northbound in the southbound lanes of 75th Avenue at approximately 11:30 A.M. The victim failed to stop at a red light, causing his vehicle to strike the rear section of a semi truck which was traveling eastbound through the intersection.

Coochwytewa was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the semi truck was not injured.

Please contact Public Information Officer Shelly Watkins at 623-293-7911, if you have any further questions.

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