A Montgomery County, Alabama, sheriff’s deputy who was critically injured in an on-duty crash Wednesday has died from his injuries.
Deputy Jermyius Young, 21, succumbed to his injuries while being treated at UAB Hospital in Birmingham Friday evening, WSFA reports.
Young crashed his patrol vehicle around 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to investigators with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, which is handling the investigation. The deputy was initially taken to Baptist Medical Center South before being transferred to UAB.
Sheriff Derrick Cunningham called Young a role model, not just for other deputies, but for him, as well, and said the deputy always came to work with a smile on his face.
Young had been with the sheriff’s office since he was 18.