CLAUDE WILSON

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 60-W: 22
Department: Oakland County, Michigan, S.D.
End of Watch: January 27, 1935
Cause: AUTO
Age: 47
Years of Service: 10
Description: Deputy Wilson was on routine traffic control when another driver failed to stop at a stop sign causing a fatal accident. Deputy Wilson's cruiser flipped several times before coming to a stop. He was transported to a local hospital where he died three days later. A passenger in the other vehicle died at the scene. The driver, who was intoxicated, was charged with negligent homicide but committed suicide prior to the trial.
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