RICHARD DALE COTTLE
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Officer Rank: Senior Trooper
Memorial Panel: 5-E: 22
Department: Texas Dept. of Public Safety
End of Watch: May 9, 2001
Cause: AUTO
Age: 51
Years of Service: 30
Description: Senior Trooper Cottle was killed in a automobile accident while en route to Dallas, Texas, to testify in a court case. The accident occurred at daybreak where two 18-wheelers had collided on the interstate. The morning fog may have obscured the trailers from Trooper Cottle's view until it was too late.
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