Bio & Incident Details
Age: 26
Tour: 5 years
Badge # 1157
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Incident Date: 6/19/1957
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Gid Ward was struck and killed by a truck on US Highway 41, near Cleveland Avenue.
Officer Ward was investigating a broken down vehicle on the northbound side of the South Expressway when a truck, whose driver had fallen asleep, ran off the road and hit him as he was standing next to has patrol car. He was killed instantly.
Officer Ward was survived by his wife and two daughters.
