The family of a woman and child killed in what their attorneys describe as a “reckless and unreasonable” police pursuit in Rodeo last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week naming the driver, the city of Hercules and Contra Costa County as defendants.
Ryniqueka Dowell, 31, was driving at Parker Avenue and Fourth Street with her 6-year-old twins in the vehicle on March 23, 2023, when the driver of an allegedly stolen Mazda SUV ran a red light and crashed into them and fled on foot. Police set up a search perimeter, and Ralph Ellsworth White III was taken into custody shortly after.
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