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Deputy leading funeral procession is struck by car

Motorcycle from accident

Credit: Covington PD

Deputy leading funeral procession is struck by car

by WWLTV.com

wwltv.com

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM

Updated Friday, Nov 6 at 4:58 PM

COVINGTON, La. – A deputy escorting a funeral procession was struck by a pickup truck and tossed off of his motorcycle Friday afternoon in Covington.

 

Spokesman Jack West said the injuries to the deputy, identified as 44-year-old Tyren Bennett, were not immediately available, but weren’t thought to be life-threatening.

 

According to West, Bennett was escorting the procession on Collins Blvd. when the pickup truck, driven by 50-year-old Wendy Steimile, pulled onto Collins Blvd. and struck the officer’s bike.

 

Bennett went over the handlebars of the bike and landed approximately 10 yards away.

 

Steimile was cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.

 

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