There are issues of fact as to whether the City's two probationary deputy sheriffs acted in reckless disregard for the safety of others (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1104 [e]) when they allegedly pursued a stolen van operated by defendant Troche at a high rate of speed through a residential area heavily trafficked by cars and trucks, purportedly chasing the van through a solid red light and causing it to crash into the Rockhead vehicle ( Spalla v. Village of Brockport, 295 AD2d 900; see Saarinen v. Kerr, 84 NY2d 494, 501). There is also an issue of fact as to whether reckless conduct of the probationary deputy sheriffs was a proximate cause of the accident and the resulting death of Malicia Rockhead and injury to Kirkland Rockhead ( Spalla v. Village of Brockport, supra; Lopez v. Town of Gates, 249 AD2d 934).