VIDEO: Florida Officer Killed in Patrol Car Accident on Rain-Slicked Highway
AĀ Jacksonville policeĀ officer was killed in aĀ single-car crashĀ early Tuesday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.Ā
Sheriff Mike WilliamsĀ said the officer, identified asĀ Lance C. Whitaker, was responding to a traffic crash on rain-slicked I-295 at 4:30 a.m.,Ā when the officer hit a tree.
The officer was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.
Williams believes weather may have playedĀ a factor in the crash, ActionNewsJax reports.
Jacksonville is a combined city-county agency where police officers work for the sheriffās office.
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