JOSEPH FRIEL
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 52-E: 19
Department: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: December 4, 1994
Cause: AUTO
Age: 25
Years of Service: 1
Description: Officer Friel was on routine patrol traveling southbound on Ridge Avenue, when a motorist crossed the center line from the northbound lane and struck the driver's side of Officer Friel's cruiser, causing its rear tire to blow. Officer Friel's car spun out of control, hit a street sign and flipped onto its roof. Officer Friel was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The driver was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of alcohol, and reckless driving.
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