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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... TAMPA, Fla. A police officer intentionally veered his SUV into the path of a wrong-way driver to keep him from hitting others on Interstate 275 in Tampa, police and eyewitness accounts say. Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen, 45, and Daniel Joshua Montague, 25, of Golden, Colorado, were killed in the crash early Tuesday morning, Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan said during a Thursday news conference. Montague was driving more than 100 mph (160 kph) and likely intoxicated, Dugan said. Madsen, who was on patrol, was traveling at about 65 mph (104 kph) when the crash occurred. “Officer Madsen is a true American hero,” Dugan said. “He deliberately moved his patrol car into the other driver’s path of travel. We believe Jesse Madsen was attempting to stop this wrong-way driver from putting anyone else’s life in danger by laying down his own.” ....
Tampa officer died stopping speeding, impaired wrong-way driver, chief says Two fathers died in the collision. Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen gave his life trying to stop a wrong-way driver, said the police chief. Â Â Tampa police Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen s patrol SUV lies on its side along Interstate 275 early Tuesday after colliding with a wrong-way driver. The wrong-way driver, Joshua Daniel Montague, was traveling at more than 100 mph at the time of the crash and was likely intoxicated, police Chief Brian Dugan said at a news conference Thursday. [ Spectrum Bay News 9 ] TAMPA â Their paths crossed suddenly, violently, fatally. Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen was heading north on Interstate 275 in his marked patrol SUV early Tuesday, probably on his way home from work. Joshua Daniel Montague, 25, new in town, got onto the interstate and headed in the wrong direction, police say. They crashed near E Hillsborough Avenue. Both me ....
UpdatedSat, Mar 13, 2021 at 3:35 pm ET Reply The Tampa Police Department holds an end-of-watch ceremony to honor Master Patrol Deputy Jesse Madsen. (Tampa Police) TAMPA, FL The accused wrong-way driver who police say caused a crash that killed a Tampa police officer was driving at speeds of more than 100 mph while intoxicated, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said Thursday. Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen, 45, was killed Tuesday morning when he veered into the path of a rental car driven by Joshua Montague, 25, of Golden, Colorado, who was driving south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 275. Dugan, calling Madsen a true American hero, said the officer was trying to prevent Montague from crashing head-on with northbound drivers on I-275. ....
Police say an officer intentionally veered his SUV into the path of a wrong-way driver to keep his car from hitting others on Interstate 275 in Tampa. ....
Excessive speed, alcohol factors in crash that killed Tampa officer: Chief The wrong-way driver who died in a crash that also took the life of a Tampa Police officer was driving over 100mph and was intoxicated, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said on Thursday. https://wfts.tv/38r8Cd2 and last updated 2021-03-11 12:20:26-05 TAMPA, Fla. â The wrong-way driver who died in a crash that also took the life of a Tampa Police officer was driving over 100mph and was intoxicated, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said on Thursday. Master Police Officer Jesse Madsen, 45, and Joshua Montague, 25, of Golden, Colorado, both died early Tuesday morning on I-275. ....