Bio & Incident Details
Age: 56
Tour: 24 years
Badge # 400
Cause: Automobile accident
Incident Date: 9/25/1997
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Chief of Police Wallace Clinard died at a local hospital from injuries he sustained in an auto accident while responding to a call for service on September 25, 1997. His patrol car struck an embankment next to a bridge on South Lamont Road. He was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and succumbed to his injuries about a month and a half later.
Chief Clinard had been with the agency for 20 years and had been in law enforcement for a total of 24 years. He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, mother, a sister, four brothers, and eleven grandchildren.
