Patrolman Jack William Osborne

In an accident caused by a drunk driver Patrolman Osborne was struck and killed while assisting an Indiana state trooper in an investigation of another accident on Interstate 65 in the Three Bridges Area.

While inspecting a damaged guardrail Patrolman Osborne's patrol car was parked on the shoulder with its emergency lights activated when the drunk driver hit it in the rear and shoved it in to the guardrail. The drunk drivers car rested partially in the road where it was hit by a second car traveling behind the him. Patrolman Osborne was carried over 80 feet in the second collision by the second vehicle. A short time later he was pronounced dead at Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital.

The drunk driver was sentenced to two years probation, 2,600 hours of community service and related costs after pleading guilty to OWI.