Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Sunday, January 3, 1999
Age: 51
Tour of Duty: 27 years, 8 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: January 3, 1999
Weapon Used: Automobile
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant Arthur Hershey was killed when he was struck by a pickup truck while standing near his vehicle at mile marker 180.2 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Dublin Township, Fulton County.
He was en route to Harrisburg for a training assignment when he stopped to assist another trooper at the scene of an accident. The driver of the pickup lost control after she struck a patch of ice.
Sergeant Hershey was a U.S Army veteran of the Vietnam war and had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for 27 years. He is survived by his wife and two children.