The vehicle occupied by Deputy Jarid Taylor left the roadway for unknown reasons and struck a tree. He died at the scene.
An officer with the Memphis (TN) Police Department is in critical condition after another vehicle slammed into their patrol car.
The collision happened at approximately 2:45 PM on U.S. 150. Police say Deputy Casey McCoy was turning left onto the bypass when his cruiser was hit on the right side by a pickup truck.
He was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, officials said. The other deputy involved in the crash was not seriously injured.
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department identified the deputy as 25-year-old Cooper Dyson. He has served with the department since 2018.
A police officer with the United States Navy was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Charles County, MD, Wednesday.
A trooper with the Michigan State Police was injured and trapped inside his vehicle in a rollover crash as he was responding to a stabbing call on Tuesday.
A Marion County (SC) Sheriff's deputy was killed in a single vehicle collision while responding to a call for service early Tuesday morning. His patrol vehicle left the roadway and struck a bridge pillar underneath a freeway overpass.
A Panola County (MS) constable was killed in a head-on crash Thursday afternoon.
An officer with the Dallas Police Department suffered undisclosed injuries when the patrol vehicle he was sitting in was struck by a passing vehicle.