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Photograph: Trooper Joshua Patrick Risner

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Trooper Joshua Patrick Risner
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ohio

End of Watch: Thursday, September 28, 2006

Biographical Info
Age: 29
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: 1111

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Trooper Risner and Sergeant Dale Holcomb were killed in a vehicle crash near the intersection of Jackson Pike and Mitchell Road, in Gallia, when their patrol car went out of control on the rain slicked road and collided with another vehicle.

Sergeant Holcomb had just been picked up from home to begin his shift by Trooper Risner, who was ending his shift. It is believed that the troopers heard a call from a third trooper, who was transporting his unconscious infant son to a nearby hospital, and were responding to the area to assist him. The patrol car went out of control on the rain slicked road and collided with a vehicle driving in the opposite direction. The driver of the other car was also killed.

Trooper Risner had served with the Ohio Highway Patrol for 7 years and was assigned to the Gallipolis Patrol Post. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OhioSergeant Dale Rodney Holcomb
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

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