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Officer Down: Deputy Sheriff Dustin Duncan - [Wister, Oklahoma]
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Biographical Info
Age: 28 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Incident Details: Deputy Dustin Duncan was killed in an automobile accident at approximately 6:00 am while driving on U.S. Highway 270, near Wister.
His patrol car collided with an oncoming pickup truck, killing Deputy Duncan.
End of Watch: Monday, February 4, 2008
Eastern Okla. deputy sherff has fatal car crash
The Associated Press
WISTER, Okla. — An eastern Oklahoma deputy sheriff has been killed in a two-car collision in LeFlore County.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 28-year-old Latimer County Deputy Dustin Duncan of Cameron died in the crash on U.S. Highway 270 near Wister just before 6 Monday morning.
Troopers say Duncan was eastbound in his patrol car when he crossed the center line of the highway and crashed into a pickup truck driven by Brannon Oden of Cedarville, Arkansas.
Oden was treated and released at a Fort Smith hospital.
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