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Elderly Man Blacked Out Before Fatal Crash With Florida Deputy

Sgt. Wesley Whitmore, a 15-year-veteran, pulled over a white vehicle with an expired tag on Sunday at about 10 a.m. in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Lakeland. He was struck by the Escalade driven by Leo John Saunders that had veered out of control.

December 13, 2010
Elderly Man Blacked Out Before Fatal Crash With Florida Deputy

Photo via Polk County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office.

A 79-year-old motorist blacked out shortly before crashing his Cadillac Escalade into a Polk County (Fla.) Sheriff deputy's patrol car and killing the deputy who had exited his cruiser to write a traffic citation.

Sgt. Wesley Whitmore, a 15-year-veteran, pulled over a white vehicle with an expired tag on Sunday at about 10 a.m. in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Lakeland. He was struck by the Escalade driven by Leo John Saunders that had veered out of control, reports Tampa Bay Online.

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A passenger from the vehicle Whitmore stopped used the deputy's police radio to inform dispatch the officer had been struck.

Read the full story at TBO.com.