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CLAYTON — Jurors at a coroner’s inquest found that the death of a 24-year-old Pittsburg woman following a police pursuit and chase in early May was not an accident, but was caused by another.

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The inquest was held after two Clayton police officers chased a suspicious vehicle at speeds exceeding 80 miles per hour on a 25-mile-per-hour road in Concord. The pursuit ended after the vehicle lost control and collided into a wall at 109 miles per hour, then a tree in front of the Myrtle Farm Montessori School on Myrtle Drive.

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Maria Gaglione, 24, died in the crash after the roof collapsed into the passenger seat. The driver, Amy Fiasconaro, 32, of Antioch, was hospitalized.

Coroner’s inquests are held for all officer-involved or in-custody deaths in Contra Costa County and are publicly held to determine cause of death. Findings cannot be appealed and have no criminal or civil implications.

The incident began at 3:30 p.m. on May 13, when Clayton police officers Allen Pike and Thomas Starick were called out to the Clayton Station Shopping Center off of Kirker Pass Road after a caller reported a suspicious woman looking into cars and being followed by a white Jeep with dealer license plates.

After searching around, Pike located the vehicle on Kirker Pass Road and attempted to pull it over. The driver sped off and officers clocked speeds of 80 miles per hour at points. The pursuit lasted approximately a half-mile before the Jeep lost control and crashed.

Gaglione died at the scene and a CHP reconstructionist said that due to the damage to the vehicle, it is unclear if she was wearing her seat belt but that it would not have mattered anyway.

Fiasconaro was found on her hands and knees in the yard of the Myrtle Farm Montessori School and initially told officers that Gaglione was the driver. Fiasconaro was also found to have heroin and methamphetamine in her blood. Related Articles Manhattan DA says Trump may face fraud charges

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After the speedy inquest, which ran ahead of schedule, 11 members of the jury took less than 30 minutes to issue the verdict that Gaglione’s death was not an accident, but was caused by another. One member of the jury said that it was an accident.

Gaglione’s father, Michael Gaglione, felt vindicated by the verdict and said he was determined to see the officers fired.

“They killed my daughter. I lost my loved one, a part of my soul, and I want their badges taken away and for them to go to prison,” Gaglione said.

Gaglione said that he thought his daughter didn’t know the car was stolen and that Fiasconaro shared responsibility for his daughter’s death, but that the police officers were in large part responsible.

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In May, county prosecutors charged Fiasconaro with murder, fleeing a peace officer causing death, and taking or driving a car without consent. The Jeep was later found to have been stolen from Oakley days earlier. If convicted, the charges would be Fiasconaro’s third strike under California law.

Officers Pike and Starick declined to be interviewed for this article.