Seattle Times
CHEHALIS, Wash. — The Lewis County sheriff’s office has identified the deputy killed in a collision with an elk as 34-year-old Stephen “Mike” Gallagher of Adna.
The sheriff’s office says he was a six-year veteran of the department who previously served eight years in the Army with deployments in Haiti and Kosovo. He leaves a wife and two young children.
Chief Deputy Stacy Brown says Gallagher died Tuesday night at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.