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Incident Details

Cause of Death:
Struck by vehicle
Date/Time of Incident:
Saturday, January 28, 1956
07:00 pm
Incident to Death Duration:
Same day
Incident Location:
State Road 427 near Auburn
Incident County:
DeKalb
Incident Township:
Butler
Weapon Used:
None
Suspect Disposition:
None

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Trooper
Donald Raymond Turner
Indiana State Police
Saturday, January 28, 1956

Panel 58E, Line 4
Panel L5, Line 7

   Trooper Donald Turner was struck and killed by a vehicle while assisting a tow truck operator who was removing a vehicle from a roadside ditch five miles south of Auburn.

   Another vehicle came over a small hill at a high rate of speed and slid on the icy roadway, striking Trooper Turner who was killed instantly and the tow truck driver who survived being struck.

   Trooper Turner, from Auburn, was assigned to the Ligonier post. He was survived by his wife, two sons, daughter, mother and sister.

Military Service

  

United States Army Air Forces
World War II
Sergeant (SGT) ▪ 1941–1945


Personal Details

Age: 37
Law Enforcement Service:
9 years, 2 months
Burial Place:
Roselawn Cemetery, Auburn