Video Released From Chase That Ended In Playground Crash

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Tuesday released video from a high-speed chase this summer that ended in a crash at a Minneapolis park, injuring two children — ages 2 and 4 — on July 11.

Kabaar Powell Jr., 27, later plead guilty to one count of feeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle resulting in great bodily harm and a second count of fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle resulting in substantial bodily harm.

Powell Jr. drove onto a basketball court where the two victims were playing basketball with their dad and other siblings.

According to the criminal complaint, on the morning of June 11, Minnesota state troopers saw a car going faster than the 60 mph speed limit on Interstate 94 at 46th Avenue in Minneapolis. When they tried to stop the driver, later identified as Powell, a high-speed chase ensued, lasting approximately six minutes and reaching speeds above 80 mph, police said.

Powell ran at least 22 stop signs as he sped through a residential neighborhood, according to authorities.

He turned into Bohannon Park, near the 5000 block of Dupont Ave. North, and drove onto a basketball court where the two young victims, two and four years old, were playing basketball with their dad and other siblings.

Powell struck two children and then crashed into a piece of playground equipment.

He got out of the car and fled on foot. He was apprehended by police a short time later.

Victims

• Kayden Jay Peltier, 2
• Lillianna Lee Peltier, 4

A GoFundMe page has been established for the Peltier family.

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