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Guy Ray Myers Jr, Motorcycle Officer
Born: December 2, 1942
End of Watch: July 24, 1970 |
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Officer Guy Myers Jr. was responding to a traffic
accident on Friday morning, at 10:55, July 24th, when his motorcycle was
struck by a car driven by Mrs. Fern Schmitz, of Arcadia, California. He
was pronounced dead upon arrival at R.E. Thomason General Hospital. According
to witnesses, Officer Myers was driving his police motorcycle, with lights
and siren, North on Yarbrough when the car driven by Mrs. Schmitz pulled
in front of the motorcycle after stopping at a stop sign. The motorcycle
collided with the car and was thrown 54 feet from the point of impact. Officer
Myers was found near the motorcycle. Mrs. Schmitz was arrested and charged
with Neglegent Homicide. Officer Myers, a Bel Air High School graduate and
University of Texas El Paso student, was survived by his wife Dolores Ann,
their son Kenneth and daughter Desiree Anne. He was a 4½ year veteran of
the Police Department. Source: El Paso Times
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