Officer Down Memorial Page - http://www.odmp.org

Officer Gayle W. Wood, Jr. | California Highway Patrol, California
California Highway Patrol, California

Officer

Gayle W. Wood, Jr.

California Highway Patrol, California

End of Watch: Friday, September 1, 1978

Biographical Info

Age: 41
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: 6746

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: September 1, 1978
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Wood and Officer James McCabe were killed when their helicopter struck a power line support tower which was not visible in the darkness. They were just finishing up their air patrol when the accident occurred near Castaic Lake on I-5.
Officer Wood had been with the agency for ten years and had been a pilot for five years.