Law Officer Volume 5 Issue 4 Officer Chris Jones of the Middletown Township Police Department in Pennsylvania was struck and killed while conducting a traffic stop on Route 1, near the I-95 interchange on Jan. 29. As Jones was returning to his patrol car, two cars collided and careened into his vehicle, which then struck him. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Officer Jones had served with the Middletown Township Police Department for 10 years. He is survived by his wife and three children.
This information was provided by the Officer Down Memorial Page Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring America's fallen law enforcement officers. For more information on this incident, other line-of-duty death reports and law enforcement memorials, visit www.odmp.org.