DOUGLAS WAYNE BLAND
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Officer Rank: Senior Trooper
Memorial Panel: 52-E: 21
Department: West Virginia State Police
End of Watch: January 19, 1999
Cause: AUTO
Age: 26
Years of Service: 3
Description: Trooper Bland was killed in a single-car accident while responding to another emergency call. When he failed to arrive at the accident scene, other officers began to search for him. Trooper Bland's cruiser had overturned into a creek. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The roadways in the area were icy from a recent ice storm. There was also evidence that a deer had possibly crossed the cruiser's path.
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