Bio & Incident Details
Age: 41
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Incident Date: 12/4/1954
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Chief Elmer Hafer was struck by a truck after telling the truck driver to move. The driver was parked on the side of US 52 and sleeping when Chief Hafer woke him. As Chief Hafer returned to his vehicle the trucker struck him. Chief Hafer was taken to the hospital and died six days later.
Chief Hafer's father, Constable Lee Hafer, was killed in the line of duty two years earlier while serving with the Aberdeen Police Department. Chief Hafer had witnessed his father's death.
Chief Hafer was survived by his daughter.
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