STEVEN LOY HOOD

Officer Rank: Master Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 28-W: 27
Department: Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol
End of Watch: May 29, 2009
Cause: AUTO
Age: 50
Years of Service: 26
Description: Master Sergeant Hood was killed in a single-vehicle automobile accident while pursuing a speeding motorist. Sergeant Hood spotted a vehicle traveling without a hood at a high rate of speed, and he initiated a pursuit. As Sergeant Hood negotiated a corner, his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. Sergeant Hood died of injuries sustained in the crash. The motorist was arrested and charged with felony fleeing and manslaughter.
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