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| Sergeant Kurt E. Harrelson
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Department
Louisiana
End of Watch: Thursday, July 31, 2003 Biographical Info
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: 875 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Thursday, July 31, 2003
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Sergeant Kurt Harrelson and Detective Chaney Champagne were killed when their patrol car collided with a truck on State Highway 308.
At approximately 1530 hours, Sergeant Harrelson and Detective Champagne were responding to a call reporting an elderly woman had driven her car into a canal and the car was filling with water. While enroute to the call, their car slid on the rain slicked road into an oncoming truck. Both officers were killed as a result of the collision.
Sergeant Harrelson had served with the LaFourche Parish Sheriff's Department for over 10 years, and is survived by his wife, 10-year-old son, and 4 year-old-daughter.
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