DURHAM, NC : Chase of stolen car ends in 3-car crash that kills Durham detention officer on Thursday, 2nd August 2018

The person killed Thursday night in a three-way crash at Club Boulevard and North Duke Street that ended a police chase of a car that had been reported stolen at gunpoint was a Durham County detention officer, officials said Friday.

Police said Friday morning that Brooke Lyn Maynard, 24, of Durham was killed while driving a Hyundai – one of the two cars that police said were hit by a car they were chasing.

Maynard was a detention officer for the Durham County Sheriff’s Office. Maynard began her career with the Sheriff’s Office in November 2017 and was a recent graduate of the Sheriff’s Office Basic Detention Officer Training Academy, according to a Sheriff’s Office statements.

“The Durham County Sheriff’s Office would like to express their deepest condolences to the family and friends of Brooke Maynard,” the statement said. “Her dedication and hard work in her short time with us will leave a lasting impression on all of her Sheriff’s Office family.”

A relative said Maynard has a 4-year-old daughter and was a beautiful person, inside and out, but declined to comment further at this time.

Two people who were in the car police were chasing, a Honda Accord, were hurt along with two people in a Chevrolet Impala that the fleeing car hit, police spokesman Wil Glenn said.

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