The Associated Press
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KINGMAN, Ariz. - A first-year deputy with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has been killed in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 west of Kingman.
Deputy Philip A. Rodriguez, 21, lost control of his patrol car late Saturday. The car left the road for an unknown reason, and Rodriguez was ejected, according to a Department of Public Safety news release.
Rodriguez had been a deputy sheriff for less than a year, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release. Before that, he had worked as a detention officer.
The DPS release said Rodriguez was just finishing his normal patrol shift when the accident occurred. The agency was investigating the incident.
Funeral services were pending.