Deputy Sheriff Harold Hurst

Harold Hurst

Deputy Hurst was killed when his patrol car was struck by a Pacific Railroad freight train at a rail crossing on Fowler Avenue.

He was thrown from the vehicle and suffered severe injuries resulting in his death four days later.

Deputy Hurst was a U.S. Army veteran. He had been in law enforcement for five years and served with the sheriff's department for two years. He was survived by his wife and two daughters from a previous marriage.