Motorcycle Officer C. F. Thomas

C. F. Thomas

Officer Thomas was killed in a motorcycle accident involving a fire engine responding to a two-alarm fire. Officer Thomas heard the fire engine approaching and was attempting to get to the intersection to stop oncoming traffic. He entered the intersection at the same time as the fire engine and struck the back of it. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries ten hours later.
Officer Thomas was survived by his wife, parents, three brothers and sister.