Chesterfield County Police Department, Virginia
End of Watch: Saturday, January 5, 1957
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 5 months
Badge Number: 22
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: January 5, 1957
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Police Officer Lamont Edwards was killed in an automobile crash on Boulevard, in Colonial Heights, while responding to a report of a burglary in progress at a business in Ettrick.
His patrol car went out of control on a wet roadway and skidded into the path of an oncoming lumber truck.
He was survived by his wife and four young children.