Michigan State Police, Michigan
End of Watch: Saturday, August 27, 1994
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: August 27, 1994
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Charged with negligent homicide
Trooper Manuel Fields was killed when he was struck by a car while making a traffic stop.
As Trooper Fields was talking with the driver, another vehicle crossed the white fog line and struck and killed him instantly.
The driver did not stop at the scene, but witnesses followed her and obtained her tag number. After being questioned, she said she thought she had struck a deer. She was charged with negligent homicide. The subject died in 1999.
Trooper Fields had served with the Michigan State Police for eight years. He was survived by his wife and two children,