Indiana State Police, Indiana
End of Watch: Saturday, January 28, 1956
Age: 37
Tour of Duty: 9 years, 2 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: January 28, 1956
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Trooper Donald Turner was struck by a vehicle and killed while assisting a tow truck operator who was removing a vehicle from a roadside ditch near Auburn in DeKalb County.
Another vehicle came over a small hill at a high rate of speed, slid on the icy road surface, and struck Trooper Turner and the tow truck driver. Trooper Turner was killed instantly.
Trooper Turner was a U.S Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Indiana State Police for over nine years. He was assigned to the Ligonier post. He was survived by his wife, two sons and daughter.