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Officer Mortimer P. Donoghue | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

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Mortimer P. Donoghue

Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

End of Watch: Thursday, September 16, 1948

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 58

Tour: 29 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Automobile accident

Incident Date: 9/16/1948

Weapon: Not available

Suspect: Not available

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Officer Donoghue was killed in an automobile accident when the prisoner transport wagon he was riding struck another automobile. The accident occurred when the wagon entered an intersection where the traffic signals were not working. Officer Donoghue was riding in the back of the wagon and was ejected from it upon impact.
Officer Donoghue had been with the agency for 29 years and was survived by his wife and two children.

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