Deputy Struck By Hit-And-Run Driver On I-4 Dies

Combined WESH-TV, WFTV and Orlando Sentinel. ^ | WESH-TV and WFTV and Orlando Sentinel

[MindBender26]

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orange County deputy who was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Interstate 4 on Tuesday died Wednesday night.

Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary announced that Deputy Michael Callin was removed from life support and died at 7:25 p.m., WESH 2 News reported.

Beary also said that in addition to his severe leg injuries, Callin suffered serious brain damage from the collision.

Police arrested a man on Wednesday who they said ran down Callin on Tuesday. Callin had clocked the driver Allan Barahona, 19, from his parked motorcycle and had stepped into the raod to stop the speeding car, when the car swerved at him.

The suspect left the Orlando Police Department just before 5 a.m. to be transported to the Orange County Jail. He was found just after midnight and officials said he's responsible for running over Callin at I-4 and Kirkman Road near Universal Studios.

Officials said on Wednesday that Callin's leg was amputated below his knee.

Before Callin's death, Barahona was facing charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. He was found at an address in the 5500 block of Cortez Drive in Pine Hills.

"He is from Honduras, but he has been living in the States for quite awhile. His driving record, from what I understand, is pretty bad, and he has multiple suspensions. I don't know how many, but from what I understand, quite a few," Orlando Police Department Lt. Brian Gilliam said.

Callin was a four-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and he came from a law enforcement family. His father is a 27-year veteran of the department and his sister is a student at the police academy

[jwparkerjr]

Let me answer my own question. Different story, different officer, but both dead.

Here is the AP report as carried by the Tampa Tribune:

Two people are cooperating with police in the search for the driver of a van involved in a hit-and-run that killed an off-duty Haines City police officer.

The Florida Highway Patrol says Phoenix Montana Braithwaite was riding his motorcycle to work this morning when he was hit head-on by a van near the Osceola-Polk county line. The van’s driver fled on foot.

Braithwaite, who was in his police uniform, was thrown into oncoming traffic and was hit by a tractor-trailer rig and a cement truck. The 24-year-old rookie officer died at the scene.

Authorities say two van passengers are cooperating with police, but are unable to provide the full name of the driver. Troopers are trying to track down the driver through the owner of the van.

[MindBender26]

Have you stopped to think how big a waste your post was.

Your profile says "this space intentionally left blank"

Was that the radiologists report after a cranial scan?

[the invisib1e hand]

Was that the radiologists report after a cranial scan?

Ad hominem is defined here.

[MindBender26]

Two hit and runs, two dead LEOs.

[brytlea]

Crackers is a racist term.
susie

[driftdiver]

Another cop was killed by a hit an run illegal near Tampa yesterday. This cop was riding his motorcycle to work when a van "bumped" him. He was run over by two semi's. Three illegals in the van.

The cop was a young guy, sad.

[X918]

Its because of this crap that I take joy knowing that their is a group out there that shoots holes into desert water supplies left for these scum.

[MindBender26]

>Another cop was killed by a hit an run illegal near Tampa yesterday. This cop was riding his motorcycle to work when a van "bumped" him. He was run over by two semi's. Three illegals in the van.

And of course, when you are hit by illegals, there is no insurance, no recovery, etc.

[MindBender26]

Sorry, my bad mood over two dead cops due to two people who should have never been in country, let alone driving.


PS, around here "Ad hominem" is the name of the local mosque I dream about doing major damage to....

Just kidding... sorta....

[MonroeDNA]

You have no idea what you are talking about, idiot.

[Recall]

cracker is an offensive term.

Nevertheless, I'm replying to say I would take that bet.

[VeniVidiVici]

I'll wager there are more hit and runs by drunken florida crackers than by all immigrant classes put together.

You are probably right. But why put up with the ones that shouldn't be here?

[VeniVidiVici]

Great. So two officers killed in as many days by illegals.

Of course, crackers probably kill more so that's OK!

[Neidermeyer]

>Another cop was killed by a hit an run illegal near Tampa yesterday. This cop was riding his motorcycle to work when a van "bumped" him. He was run over by two semi's. Three illegals in the van.

And of course, when you are hit by illegals, there is no insurance, no recovery, etc.

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Not for you maybe but you should see all the ambulance chaser billboards in the Tampa area looking for "pre-citizen" victims...

[driftdiver]

"Oh, yes. That will stop hit and run drivers."

No, it probably won't.

"Making hit and run an immigration issue is anything but rational."

The hit and run drivers made it an issue by coming into and staying in our country illegally. Its not an "immigration" issue. Its an issue of criminals be allowed to run free in our communities.

"I'll wager there are more hit and runs by drunken florida crackers than by all immigrant classes put together."

Cracker is a racist term generally referring to white people. I'll see you wager and raise you. You obviously don't know what the heck you are talkin about and couldn't support this hateful comment if you tried.

[Fred Hayek]

Correct on Ol' Sparky. This is capital murder of a peace officer (legal definition of offense in Texas). Even swerving toward an officer without hitting is considered a serious offense.

[hershey]

Illegals have already decided US laws don't apply to them, and the more coddling from amnesty now types trolling for the Hispanic vote, the worse it will get.

[Joe Brower]

Related story for the prayer request I just flagged y'all to.

[from occupied ga]

Two things:

1. First the usual, a car load of illegals and the driver commits a crime - what a surprise. With officially 12 million (and that means more like 25 million in reality) people who are breaking a low just to be here it's so surprising that they commit crimes < /sarcasm>
2. Second I wonder if the police would have made such a big effort to find them if a cop hadn't been th victim. I seriously doubt it. The biggest problem with illegals is that they have no fixed identity. They know who they are, but mostly their (forged) documents are not in their own names. They have no fixed addresses, and if they get in trouble it's just back over the border with them

   Case in point A woman who used to work for me was rear ended by a truck load of illegals in Norcross. The took off. She called 911 and followed them giving updates to the 911 dispatcher. The police caught them in Roswell. Managed to arrest every one of them on something. Driver had no insurance, no license. They all made bail the next day. When the court date came up - surprise surprise none of them showed up. Warrants were issued - BFD - none of the addresses given were any good. None of the names meant anything. They vanished. They could have moved back to Mexico, 80 miles to Dalton, or just a mile or two and no one would have a clue as to where or who they were.

It's good that this jerk was caught, but obviously the government didn't give a rat's backside about his illegal status or his rotten driving record until he hurt a cop. If he had run down an ordinary peasant, you could rest assured that little if any effort would have been spent in locating him.

[DocRock]

"Two hit and runs, two dead LEOs.

Both officers where killed by illegals. Here is a link to the Haines City story.

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060803/NEWS/608030405/1039