Memphis Police Department, Tennessee
End of Watch: Monday, November 30, 1959
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: November 30, 1959
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Patrolman Joseph Palazolla was fatally struck by a bus while directing traffic.
Patrolman Palazolla stood in the street in front of Bruce Elementary School with his hand in the air and his whistle in his mouth when a Memphis Transit Company bus struck him. A nurse who witnessed the accident attended to Patrolman Palazolla and rushed him in her car to Methodist Hospital where he died from his injuries.