Bio & Incident Details
Age: 49
Tour: 26 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Heart attack
Incident Date: 5/29/1975
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Patrolman Maher suffered a fatal heart attack after lifting a motorcycle off of man who had just crashed. He was directing traffic at the corner of East 149th Street and Lakeshore Drive when he witnessed the accident. He ran to the scene and lifted the motorcycle off of the man, then collapsed a short time later.
Patrolman Maher had served with the agency for 26 years. He was survived by his wife and two children.
