By Police1 Staff
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — An off-duty police officer in Florida was killed after his pickup truck flipped over and hit a tree early Thursday morning.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Officer Josh Calverley, 29, was driving on a highway when he lost control of his truck and went onto the median. Troopers said the officer over-corrected, left the road and flipped over before he hit the tree. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
“The members of the New Smyrna Beach Police Department are heartbroken to report the loss of one of our family members,” department spokesman Lt. Shane Riggle said in a statement. “Josh Calverley was a soft-spoken officer with a big heart.”
Calverley, who was also a U.S. army veteran, has been a part of the New Smyrna Beach Police Department since December 2015.
The crash remains under investigation.