Duty Death: Julie Bridges and Joseph Ossman - [Hardee County]
End of Service: 10/09/2017
By Police1 Staff
HARDEE COUNTY, Fla. — Two LEOs were killed Sunday in a head-on collision.
According to the Miami Herald, a Hardee County sheriff’s deputy collided with a state corrections officer. Both were killed.
https://twitter.com/PascoSheriff/status/906927531974172672
Deputy Julie Bridges was a 13-year veteran officer, according to NBC 2. Bay News 9 reported Bridges was working at an Irma shelter and was on the road to pick up some items from home when the crash occurred.
Sgt. Joseph Ossman, the 21-year veteran CO who was killed, was reporting for duty when the incident occurred, according to the Herald.
Officials are investigating if the weather conditions from Irma played a factor.
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/906939885017288706