Infant Dies in Fatal Police Chase

The Mother was Truly Fast and Furious

Andrew Berry
Police chases in general can be a scary thing to observe when simply minding your own business on the road. However, this incident escalates to an even higher degree of sympathy, not for the driver of the speeding car the culprit was operating, but the innocent infant contained within the speeding car that lost its life due to it's mothers recklessness and ignorance.

The police chased Aimee Andrea Riza, 36, for 25 miles until the car she was operating came to a fatal hault by crashing into a solidified concrete median in the road. Her 9-month-old daughter, little innocent Alexxus Riza, was tossed violently from the SUV her mother was operating at the time, essentially leading to the death of the innocent baby.

As the crash progress the SUV tumbled several times official Trooper Dub Gillum of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Even after the crash had occured, Aimee Andrea Riza, the mother of the now slain Alexxus Riza, put up a fight with authorities.

Trooper Dub Gillum of the Texas Department of Public Safety also had this to say about the the incident at hand, most notably what happened after the crash with Aimee Andrea Riza resisting arrest:

"She was combative after the crash when they tried to extract her out of the vehicle. The officers had to wrestle her to get her under control."

How did this fatal chase come about? Apparently another local motorist called authorities to report an some reckless driving, the driver of course being Aimee Andrea Riza herself. When authorities attempted to pull Aimee Andrea Riza over, she failed to comply by speeding up instead and refusing to stop altogether, until the crash that fatally killed her daughter that is.

The chase escalated up to 110 mph, was 25 miles long, and took place throughout two different counties. Authorities that were dealing with the matter used an array of tactics to try and either slow Aimee Andrea Riza's SUV down, or stop it altogether, either would help in this situation. Police used spikes to pop the SUV's tires, road blocks to block intersections, and even backed off from chasing the SUV for some time, hoping it would slow it down altogether allowing them a chance to capture Riza. Even with the SUV's tires popped from the road spikes police had laid out, she kept driving on the rims of the wheels until the SUV finally came to a hault at the crash site.

Aimee Andrea Riza of Keene is being held accountable for manslaughter, evading arrest, reckless driving, and resisting arrest. However, none of these charges will bring back little baby Alexxus Riza, who was tossed from the car, dying in an unimaginably painful fashion.

Published by Andrew Berry - Featured Contributor in Technology

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  • Heather B.4/27/2007

    Oh my, that is terrible. What kind of person would endanger her offspring that way? :(

  • Andrew Berry4/13/2007

    Please people, do not try and frame me by saying stupid obscene things about my articles and trying to "off-track" the point of my article. Thanks.

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