By MES Dispatch Staff
The Briefing
- Officer Trevor Howard, 25, of the Marked Tree Police Department died following a traffic crash in Arkansas when another driver ran a stop sign and struck the patrol truck in which Howard was riding in the passenger seat.
- The impact caused the police vehicle to overturn; Howard was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The officer operating the patrol truck and the driver of the other vehicle were transported to hospitals for treatment of injuries sustained in the collision.
- Howard had been employed with the Marked Tree Police Department for two months at the time of the incident.
- The crash is being documented as a line-of-duty death.
MARKED TREE, ARK. — Officer Trevor Howard, 25, died in a traffic crash when a vehicle ran a stop sign and struck the patrol truck in which he was riding as a passenger, causing the police vehicle to overturn.
Howard was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision.
The Marked Tree Police Department officer operating the patrol truck was transported to a hospital for treatment. The driver of the vehicle that ran the stop sign was also transported to a hospital.
Howard had served with the Marked Tree Police Department for two months prior to the crash. His death has been recorded as a line-of-duty death by the Officer Down Memorial Page.