Israel I. Curbelo

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Name as recorded

Israel I. Curbelo

Age as recorded

39

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

Race unspecified

Date of the injury resulting in death

May 21, 2010

Location as recorded

Fort Lee, Bergen County2114 Lemoine Ave Fort Lee NJ 07024 Bergen

Highest level of force as recorded

Vehicle

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Ridgefield Park Police Department

An agency appears here because it appears in the record's as-reported agency field, nothing more. Its presence is not a claim of fault or responsibility.

Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

A Ridgefield Park patrol officer noticed Israel I. Curbelo operating a motorcycle erratically on Teaneck Road, police said. When the officer activated his overhead patrol lights and sirens, Curbelo drove the motorcycle onto a resident's front lawn, turned and headed southbound on Teaneck Road. Police said Curbelo drove onto the right shoulder of the bus and carpool lane in an effort to illegally pass another vehicle. He collided into the passenger side of the other vehicle and lost control of the motorcycle, causing him to fly off the vehicle, which killed him, police said.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rONXWvfETkCdDmdZ-REaWWUjPNHXzlcruc8om5yJ8JA/edit?usp=sharing (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Israel I. Curbelo died on May 21, 2010 in Fort Lee, Bergen County, with "Vehicle" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

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Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Ridgefield Park Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

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Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Fort Lee, Bergen County, on May 21, 2010. The address as recorded is 2114 Lemoine Ave Fort Lee NJ 07024 Bergen.

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Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?

No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

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