United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Sunday, January 31, 1999
Age: 49
Tour of Duty: 26 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: January 31, 1999
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Special Agent Richard Luht was killed in an automobile crash in Fairbanks, Alaska.
He was driving his department-issued vehicle up a hill on Summit Drive when he struck the back of a slow-moving home heating oil delivery truck.
He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries several hours later.
Special Agent Luht had served with the Internal Revenue Service for 26 years. He was survived by his wife.