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Feb 12, 2013

A 12-year veteran of the Albuquerque Police Department has been reassigned to desk duty after he struck a car early Sunday morning, killing a 21-year-old passenger, according to police.

Sgt. Adam Casaus has been with the department since July 2000 and a sergeant since May, according to APD.

Casaus had engaged his emergency lights and sirens in pursuit of a drunken driver just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Paseo del Norte and Eagle Ranch NW when he struck a CR-V driven by Lindsay Browder, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Browder suffered a broken hip and fractured spine.

Her passenger, sister Ashley Browder, 21, died at the scene, according to BCSO.

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