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Ind. Deputy Killed In Crash With Truck


Posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
Updated: November 13th, 2009 04:09 AM EDT

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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. --

A Kosciusko County sheriff's deputy was killed Thursday in a crash with a flatbed truck.

Sgt. Jeffery B. Shaw, 40, was on duty and driving his sheriff's squad car when the crash happened on State Road 14 just west of 100 East at about 3 p.m.

Police said Steven L. Byerly, 53, of Fort Wayne, was hauling scaffolding when he drove partly off the road and then over corrected, crossing the center line and striking Shaw's squad car head on.

Witnesses said the two vehicles caught fire shortly after the crash. Byerly was pulled from his truck by onlookers, but Shaw had to be extricated by emergency workers.

Shaw was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Byerly suffered minor injuries.

Shaw, a Warsaw native, joined the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department in 1994 as a jail guard, and became a full deputy in 1998. He leaves behind a wife and two young children.

Sgt. Jeffery B. Shaw was on duty and driving his sheriff's squad car when the crash happened on State Road 14 just west of 100 East.

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Posted by Det. McElroy
(11/13/09 - 08:43 AM)
Rest in peace brother



Posted by Miguel in Cleveland
(11/13/09 - 09:52 AM)
Rest in Peace.... you did your people good and we thanks you for eveything you did



Posted by stephenr in cleveland
(11/13/09 - 10:02 AM)
This is just something terrible to hear. A police deputy getting killed in a horrible car crash. I wish the Shaw family the best and to stay strong after this devastating lost of a husband and father. These are the kind of things I hate to hear, when a man does nothing wrong and something this terrible happens to him. R.I.P



Posted by Albert Zuniga in SELMA, TEXAS
(11/13/09 - 10:20 AM)
CONDOLENCE
REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH UR FAMILY. YOU WILL NOW PATROL THE STREET OF HEAVEN YOU HAVE SERVED YOUR TIME IN HELL. TO YOUR FAMILY STAY STRONG.
CAPT. A. ZUNIGA
SELMA POLICE DEPARTMENT



Posted by SAL DE LA ROSA in STANISLAUS SHERIFF DEPT.
(11/13/09 - 11:28 AM)
CONDOLENCE
REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER,WE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.



Posted by LEO in Texas
(11/13/09 - 11:56 AM)
Another officer taken way to young and before his shift was over. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friend and department of Deputy Shaw.



Posted by Finehooper32 in Dallas, tx
(11/13/09 - 12:02 PM)
Bad things happen to good people. RIP, praying for the family.



Posted by SWAT-Medic in South Florida
(11/13/09 - 01:14 PM)
Rest in peace Sgt. Shaw and thank you for your service. Thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, and coworkers of this fine officer.

What a shame that so many public safety personnel are being killed in vehicle accidents.



Posted by OFC. HANDY in OHIO
(11/13/09 - 05:33 PM)
REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER, MY HERO.



I have been where you fear to go
I have seen what you fear to see
I have done what you fear to do
All these things I've done for you.
I am the one you lean upon
The one you cast your scorn upon
The one you bring your troubles to
All these people I've been for you.
The one you ask to stand apart
The one you feel should have no heart
The one you call the man in blue
But I am human just like you.




Posted by Ofc Handy in ohio
(11/13/09 - 05:36 PM)
UNTIL YOU CAN LIVE WITH YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE EVERYDAY
DONT TRY TO COMPARE YOURSELF TO THE ONES THAT DO.. CAN YOU WAKE UP EVERY MORNING KNOWING THAT IT MITE BE YOUR LAST AND STILL GET DRESSED IN A UNIFORM THAT MOST PEOPLE HATE AND STILL GO OUT AND DO YOUR DUTY..TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE POLICE OFFICERS THE JOB IS A CALLING ITS IN YOUR BLOOD..WHEN YOUR OUT AND ABOUT AND YOU SEE A POLICE OFFICER..STOP THEM AND THANK THEM,,THEY ARE PEOPLE TOO. AND NEVER GET THE RESPECT THEY SHOULD...WHY DO WE CALL OUR MILITARY PEOPLE "HERO'S" BUT FOR OUR POLICE THAT DOES A JOB WHERE THEY DONT KNOW WHO THEIR ENEMIES ARE..THEY GET CALL PIGS..YOU MUST LIVE AT LEAST ONE DAY IN THE SHOES OF A POLICE OFFICER...BEFORE YOU CAN CALL THEM ANYTHING OTHER THEN A TRUE AMERICAN HERO....SGT SHAW









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