» Wear Your Seatbelt» Watch Your Speed
» Wear Your Vest
» WIN - What's Important Now?
» Remember: Complacency Kills!
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer on a motorcycle was struck and killed by a vehicle heading the wrong way on Interstate 95.
Police say 48-year-old Officer Brian Lorenzo was off-duty but in full uniform and heading north on a Highway Patrol motorcycle when he was hit at about 3:15 a.m. Sunday near Cottman Avenue by a vehicle heading south in the northbound lanes.
Police said Lorenzo was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a 23-year veteran of the force and is survived by a wife and three children.
Officers are holding the driver, a 48-year-old man from Levittown, and say charges against him are expected.
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It’s been more than 65 years since the annual number of line-of-duty police deaths was fewer than 100. Law Officer's Below 100 initiative will change that by concentrating on areas that can most effectively save officers' lives. An awareness campaign, combined with a training program, Below 100 will provide a commonsense solution to driving down a number that has remained too high for too long. It begins with five simple tenets:
1. Wear Your Seatbelt | 2. Watch Your Speed | 3. Wear Your Vest
4. WIN-What's Important Now? | 5. Remember: Complacency Kills!
- Introduction: Below 100 Initiative | See More: Below 100 Initiative Articles
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