He was trapped inside the wreckage while the other car burned nearby — Adrian Service never made it out. Around 11:58 p.m. Sunday, a violent crash on Albany Avenue claimed his life after a fleeing driver, 28-year-old Martin Jammie, sped away from a traffic stop and slammed head-on into Service’s Ford Fiesta. According to police, Jammie’s Infiniti crossed the center line into the eastbound lane while traveling at high speed.
The impact was so severe that the Infiniti flipped several times before coming to rest on its roof, catching fire almost immediately. Jammie was thrown from the vehicle and later transported to the hospital with critical injuries.Emergency responders rushed to the scene, but despite their efforts, 37-year-old Adrian Service was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses described hearing a deafening crash followed by flames lighting up the street. “It was chaos — you could hear the metal twisting,” said one nearby resident.Investigators later discovered multiple firearms and a quantity of narcotics inside Jammie’s burned vehicle. Police confirmed that Jammie is on the department’s “
Deadly Driver” list — a designation reserved for motorists with repeated dangerous driving offenses and previous high-speed pursuits. Authorities said Jammie had been pulled over minutes earlier for erratic driving when he suddenly accelerated away, initiating a brief but deadly chase.Albany Avenue remained closed for several hours as crash reconstruction teams examined the scene.
Officers are now consulting with prosecutors about potential charges, including vehicular homicide, illegal possession of firearms, and drug trafficking.Family members and friends of Adrian Service described him as a kind, hardworking man who had just finished a late shift before heading home. “He didn’t deserve this,” one relative said. “He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
