Died in an auto accident on Route 5 in
the Town of Glenville, Schenectady County, when an auto approaching from the
opposite direction crossed into the lane of his troop car, and then reversed
direction striking his troop car on the right side. Corporal Myers was a passenger
in the troop car which was being driven by Trooper Roger J. Dorn enroute to
investigate a hit-and run accident.
Died on the Winnie Hill Road in the Town
of Oneonta, Otsego County. Corporal Diffendale stopped a cattle truck to question
the driver, as the front and back license plates were different. The driver
got out of the truck and shot Corporal Diffendale in the chest before he could
question him. Corporal Diffendale died of a massive hemorrhage. The truck, license
plates, and cow were all stolen. The subject abandoned the truck and escaped
but was later captured near Nassau, NY.
Died after being struck by an auto and
thrown 40 feet while directing traffic at the scene of a hit-and-run accident
on Sawyer Road in the Town of Carlton, Orleans County.
Died on Route 20 in the Town of Bridgewater,
Oneida County, of an accidental gunshot wound to the chest from a New York State
Police 30-30 rifle after assisting in the capture of three escapees from the
Herkimer County Jail. The troopers were transporting the prisoners back to jail,
when the rifle on the lap of a trooper in the back seat accidentally went off
discharging through the back of the front seat and into the chest of Trooper
O'Hara.
Died at the Edgewood Raceway in the Town
of Alexandria, Jefferson County, after injuries suffered when a wheel of a race
car flew off and struck him while he was near the edge of the track assisting
at an accident scent.
Died on Route 5 in the Town of New Hartford,
Oneida County, when the troop car that he was operating failed to negotiate
a curve and struck two utility poles before he was thrown from the car.
Died on the Bombay-Helena Road in the Town
of Bombay, Franklin County, after being shot by a subject who had taken his
.38 caliber service revolver from him during a struggle. Trooper Donahue and
his partner Trooper O'Connell had arraigned a subject earlier at the residence
of Justice of the Peace Richards, and after the arraignment that subject's friends
created a disturbance. Trooper Donahue attempted to arrest the group and pursued
one of the offending subjects down an unlit road, fired a round into the air.
A struggle ensued, Trooper Donahue advised his partner that the subject had
taken his gun. Trooper O'Connell heard another shot, then was shot in the left
leg himself. Trooper O'Connell then returned fire and wounded the subject in
the forehead. Trooper Donahue had been shot in the upper lip, with the bullet
penetrating his brain.
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