Deceased
Joshua David POLO
Demographics
27y, male
Date of death
2017-03-23
Finding date
2020-10-08
Cause of death
Chest and abdominal injuries from motor vehicle collision
AI-generated summary
Joshua Polo, age 27, died from blunt chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 23 March 2017 in Kalgoorlie. He was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Brandon Peterson, who was intoxicated by methylamphetamine and was evading police after a routine traffic stop. Peterson failed to stop at a stop sign at Shaw Street intersection and collided with another vehicle. The coroner found Peterson solely responsible for the crash and Polo's death. The police officers involved did not cause or contribute to the death, though the coroner found they briefly engaged in a pursuit without proper qualifications. The coroner was critical of the Western Australia Police Emergency Driving Policy for being overly complex and providing insufficient clarity on when officers should disengage from vehicles attempting to evade police.
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