EVERETT LUKE DUTCHER

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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 20-W: 29
Department: Cedar Falls, Iowa, P.D.
End of Watch: July 31, 1945
Cause: TRAIN
Age: 38
Years of Service: 4
Description: Police Officer Dutcher was killed while en route to a fire when the fire truck he was travelling in was struck by a train at the railroad crossing. Two firefighters were also in the vehicle. Officer Dutcher was thrown from the truck and sustained a fractured skull. The firefighter who was driving the truck later testified that he did not hear the train due to the emergency siren. Both firefighters were injured but survived.
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