Bio & Incident Details
Age: 26
Tour: 1 year
Badge # Not available
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Location: Virginia
Incident Date: 3/1/1948
Weapon: Automobile
Suspect: Not available
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Patrolman Weaver Hogan and Chief Charles Taylor, of the Sparta Police Department, were killed when their patrol car was forced off the road into a bridge abutment on State Route 21 south of Wytheville, Virginia. The two officers, along with a third officer, had chased bootlegging suspects into Virginia from North Carolina.
The third officer and Patrolman Hogan were both taken to a hospital in Wytheville. Patrolman Hogan succumbed to his injuries the following day.
Patrolman Hogan had served with the agency for 1 year and was assigned to Alleghany County. He was survived by his parents, four brothers, and four sisters.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation named a bridge on I-77 near the Virginia state line in honor of Trooper Hogan.
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