ULSTER, NY : 11-year-old dies in collision with state trooper on Tuesday, 22nd December, 2020

State Police are reporting an investigation into a fatal crash that involved a trooper’s car on Interstate 87 northbound in Ulster. Police say an 11-year-old girl died when her car flipped over after a collision with police.

On Tuesday at about 11:40 p.m., police say they pulled over a 2017 Dodge Journey for vehicle and traffic violations on 1-87. Shortly after they initiated the traffic stop, the driver—identified as Tristen G. Goods, 39, of Hollis—fled the scene and police pursued, heading north.

Near mile marker 93.6, a pursuing police vehicle collided with the Journey, which lost control and overturned. Police say that 11-year old Monica Goods of Brooklyn, a passenger in the vehicle, was not wearing a seatbelt. They say she was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene.

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