Bio & Incident Details
Age: 39
Tour: 2 years
Badge # 9623
Cause: Weather/Natural disaster
Incident Date: 2/24/1998
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Ricky Bill Stovall was killed when his patrol car was washed off of a roadway in a terrible storm attributed to the El Niño phenomenon.
Officer Stovall and his partner, Officer Britt Irvine, were responding to a call to assist stranded motorists on Highway 166 when the storm washed out the section of roadway they were on. Both officers were killed and several other motorists were washed into the water as well. Their patrol car was found upside down under silt, mud, and debris approximately 100 yards from the roadway.
Officer Stovall is survived by his wife and two children.
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