2 Killed in Troy University Police Chase
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
February 10, 2026
TROY, Ala. What started as an observation of a Troy University police officer escalated to a pursuit when a suspicious vehicle fled from the officer who tried to conduct a traffic stop on the driver.
Authorities said that the officer watched the vehicle acting suspiciously at around 1:45 a.m. early Sunday morning.
Police say the driver accelerated and fled at a high rate of speed, prompting the officer to pursue, and the vehicle crashed into a light pole on Elm Street near the Troy University campus.
Both the driver and passenger, the only two occupants in the car, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Troy University police said the two individuals were residents of Troy but were not Troy University students.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency on Monday identified the two people as Rosolando V. Givens, 52, and Alkesa S. Liptrot, 45.
ALEA confirmed that Givens was the driver, and Liptrot was the passenger.
Authorities said Givens and Liptrot were not wearing seat belts.
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