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Pinellas sheriffâs deputy killed trying to stop drunken driver, sheriff says
Motorists should avoid the area around Forelock and East Lake roads in Pinellas County until Thursday morning.
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Investigators comb through the scene where PCSO Deputy Michael Magli was killed while attempting to deploy stop sticks on a suspect on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in East Lake [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
Updated Feb. 19
A Pinellas Sheriffâs deputy was killed Wednesday afternoon as he was trying to stop a drunken driver who was leading deputies on a high-speed pursuit on East Lake Road, according to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.
Deputy Michael Magli, 30, died after he was struck by a pickup truck that spun out in the median of East Lake Road near Forelock Road in north Pinellas County. Magli had parked his patrol cruiser in the median of the road to retrieve and deploy stop sticks - a device used to deflate the tires on a vehicle, when he was struck by the