Duty Death: Eric Oliver - [Yulee]
End of Service: 22/11/2016
Associated Press
YULEE, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida sheriff’s deputy who was chasing a suspect on foot died when he was struck by oncoming traffic.
Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper tells local news outlets that 32-year-old Deputy Eric Oliver was struck by a vehicle around 7:30 a.m. in Yulee, which is near Jacksonville.
Leeper says Oliver had worked for the department for just over seven years and has a 6-year-old daughter.
Television news reports say sheriff’s cruisers and fire department vehicles escorted an ambulance carrying the deputy’s body away from the scene of the crash.
No further details were immediately available.
RIP Deputy Eric Oliver - You were doing your job well and you will be missed! #NassauEM says be thankful every day and hug your loved ones. pic.twitter.com/0BgUzXxML0
— NassauEM (@NassauEM) November 22, 2016
Officers seen escorting an ambulance down SR-200. Our @FCNLindsey is one the way to the scene of a fatality involving a Nassau deputy pic.twitter.com/wWFqxDRq9y
— Katie Jeffries (@Katie_Jeffries) November 22, 2016