MICHAEL JOSEPH RAO

Officer Rank: Senior Trooper
Memorial Panel: 14-E: 23
Department: South Carolina Highway Patrol
End of Watch: June 12, 2002
Cause: STRU
Age: 33
Years of Service: 4
Description: Trooper Rao was struck by a pickup truck while assisting a motorist on southbound I-95 near Manning, South Carolina. The pickup truck veered off the road and struck two cars including the patrol car before landing on Trooper Rao. Trooper Rao was flown to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries two days later.
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