Barrow County Sheriff's Office, Georgia
End of Watch: Thursday, January 23, 1992
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 12 years
Badge Number: S30
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: January 23, 1992
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff Ronald Bays was killed in an accident as he was responding to another accident.
He was on Georgia Highway 8 when his patrol car hydroplaned during a heavy rain storm and struck another vehicle.
Deputy Bays was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Barrow County Sheriff's Department for two years and had previously served with the Statham Police Department for ten years. He is survived by his wife and two sons.