Bio & Incident Details
Age: 28
Tour: 6 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Aircraft accident
Incident Date: 1/19/1986
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Trooper Carey Poetzman and Corporal Gregory May were killed in a helicopter accident while returning from a medical transport request.
The officers had been dispatched from the Frederick Airport, in Frederick County, to Carroll County, for a gunshot victim. Their helicopter encountered Instrument Meteorological Conditions and crashed in a heavily wooded area of Leakin Park, located in Baltimore City, Maryland.
Trooper Poetzman had served with the agency for 6 years. She was survived by her husband.
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