EUGENE S JENNINGS

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 16-W: 2
Department: Pomeroy, Washington, P.D.
End of Watch: September 27, 1968
Cause: AUTO
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Jennings and Garfield County Deputy Lee Birdsell were killed during a vehicle pursuit. The suspect failed to negotiate a curve and the vehicle ran up an embankment. As the two patrol cars came around the corner the vehicle came off of the embankment and landed on top of Officer Jennings' patrol car. Deputy Birdsell's patrol car then crashed into the back of Officer Jennings patrol car. Deputy Birdsell was killed instantly and Officer Jennings succumbed to his injuries the following day.
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