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Police officer dies after being hit by car while investigating previous crash
First alert 4 ^ | September 22; 2024 | Staff

Posted on 09/23/2024 11:22:49 AM PDT by artichokegrower

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - An officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has died after being hit on Interstate 70 Sunday morning while helping with a previous crash.

Police Officer David Lee, 44, died of his injuries Sunday afternoon. He was an 18-year police veteran. Lee leaves behind a wife and two children.

(Excerpt) Read more at firstalert4.com ...


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The 24-year-old driver who hit Lee stayed at the scene of the crash and has been detained after showing signs of impairment, according to police. Sources confirmed the name of the suspect to First Alert 4 but because charges have not yet been filed we are not naming him. But court records show the man is currently on probation for a previous domestic assault and DWI case in St. Charles County. At the time of his last arrest police said he was living in the country illegally.


The border is secure

1 posted on 09/23/2024 11:22:49 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Lock him up

Shock him up


2 posted on 09/23/2024 11:24:33 AM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: SteelPSUGOP

BURY him 8 feet under


3 posted on 09/23/2024 11:26:40 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: artichokegrower

This happens more often than you think.


4 posted on 09/23/2024 11:43:39 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: artichokegrower

This happens more often than you think.


5 posted on 09/23/2024 11:43:42 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: artichokegrower

And Harris will not support deporting this murdered.


6 posted on 09/23/2024 11:50:20 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Celtic Conservative; Gator113; jmaroneps37; lastchance; lightman; Salvation; OldJoeClark; ...

Line of Duty Death ping.

FReepmail me to be added to the Line of Duty Death ping list.

7 posted on 09/23/2024 11:57:17 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: artichokegrower

How nice, ANOTHER ILLEGAL behind the wheel. People who allowed this to happen are traitors, pure and simple.


8 posted on 09/23/2024 12:11:31 PM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: circlecity

This is what happens when states, under the direction of federal law, issue driver licenses to absolutely anyone just to get them on the voter rolls.


9 posted on 09/23/2024 12:13:32 PM PDT by 4Runner (America has elected enough lawyer-presidents already. Just stop!)
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To: circlecity

RE: This happens more often than you think.

Really old statistic (2017):
Between 2008 and 2017, 554 law enforcement officers died in traffic-related events. This figure, which comprises close to 40 percent of the total officer fatalities during that time period, includes on-duty car and motorcycle crashes and officers struck while outside their vehicles.

Roadside safety concerns all first responders, not just police. In 2008, 28 out of the 118 firefighters who died while on duty were killed in vehicle crashes. Another five firefighters were struck and killed by vehicles that year....
National Institue of Justice.


Another:

“28% of the respondents reported that either they or a fellow officer had been struck by a vehicle during the performance of a traffic stop.”

https://www.mphindustries.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Officer-injuries-due-to-passing-vehicles.pdf


10 posted on 09/23/2024 12:24:29 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Democrat = party of treason

I wish Trump would hear about this. Another life lost, this time an 18 year veteran of the police department, because of an illegal.


11 posted on 09/23/2024 1:57:16 PM PDT by NCRN
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Do not allow LEOs to stop vehicles while traveling on the interstate. All stops are made at the first available exit.

All accidents should be immediately cleared from the roadway.

I’ve never understand the urgency or need to place yourself and others at risk along side interstate traffic.

Yet Leo’s seem to believe flashing lights bring superpowers.


12 posted on 09/23/2024 10:02:19 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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