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Fla. LEO killed in rollover crash

The LEO drove off a roadway and overturned into an adjacent canal, dying from his injuries at a local hospital

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Lt. Joseph Johnson

Photo/ Florida Police Chiefs Association via Facebook

Duty Death: Lt. Joseph Johnson - [Seminole Police Department]

End of Service: 29/05/2019

By Police1 Staff

SOUTH BAY, Fla. — A Florida lieutenant was killed in a vehicle crash on Wednesday.

According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Lt. Joseph Johnson was driving around 10 p.m. when his vehicle drove off a roadway and overturned into an adjacent canal.

First responders were able to remove Johnson from the vehicle and transport him to a local hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries around midnight.

Johnson was a U.S. Army veteran and served with the Seminole Police Department for 10 years. He survived by his wife, two children, three grandkids and three siblings.

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