CHARLES T ANDREANO

Officer Rank: Captain
Memorial Panel: 50-W: 1
Department: Des Moines, Iowa, P.D.
End of Watch: July 30, 1964
Cause: AUTO
Age: 47
Years of Service: 22
Description: Captain Andreano and Lieutenant William Purdy were responding to a call when their patrol car was struck at an intersection by a vehicle that did not stop at the stop sign. Captain Andreano suffered a skull fracture and died later that day. Lieutenant Purdy, who was driving the patrol car, was not seriously injured. The motorist and passenger of the other car both died.
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