Bio & Incident Details
Age: 29
Tour: 6 years, 6 months
Badge # 60
Military veteran
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Incident Date: 2/18/1954
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Patrolman Harold DeGear was killed when he was crushed between his patrol car and another car during a traffic stop in Cedar Rapids.
As he wrote a ticket to the driver of the vehicle he had stopped another vehicle attempted to pass a truck and struck the rear the Trooper DeGear's patrol car. Patrolman DeGear was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the next day.
Patrolman DeGear was a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran of both WWII and the Korean War. He had served with the Iowa Highway Patrol for 6-1/2 years. He was survived by his wife and 2-year-old son.
