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Ala. officer dies of heart attack on call

Officer Roger O’Dell collapsed after picking up two runaways at an apartment complex

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Officer Roger O’Dell.

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Duty Death: Roger O’Dell - [Town Creek]

End of Service: 28/01/2015

By Police1 Staff

TOWN CREEK, Ala. — An officer with the Town Creek Police Department died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack during a call.

WHNT reports Officer Roger O’Dell collapsed after picking up two runaways at an apartment complex.

One of the runaways called for help from dispatch via the officer’s cruiser radio, but O’Dell had died instantly.

The officer is survived by his wife and four children.