Fatal Crash and Building Collapse In Baltimore During Police Chase

Fatal Crash and Building Collapse In Baltimore During Police Chase

BALTIMORE - The Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division has released its report on a deadly crash and building collapse last February in East Baltimore.

Police said a man in a speeding stolen car crashed into another car and then into a building which collapsed and killed 54-year-old Alfred Fincher at the intersection of North Avenue and North Wolfe Street.

The officers who had been involved in the pursuit will not be charged, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office said. Officers stopped their pursuit when ordered seconds before the collision.

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Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census, it is the 30th-most populous city in the United States. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland[a] in 1851, and is currently the most populous independent city in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was 2,838,327, the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country. When combined with the larger Washington metropolitan area, the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA) has a 2020 U.S. census population of 9,973,383, the third-largest in the country.