05-10-2011, 04:04 PM
TURTLECREEK TWP. OHIO-- A Warren County sheriff's deputy was killed in an early Tuesday morning crash in Turtlecreek Township, the first line-of-duty death in the department's history.
Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed the deadly chase and crash at 2 a.m at U.S. 42 and Utica Road.
A visibly-shaken Sheriff Larry Sims told reporters that Franklin police had started chasing the suspect about 20 minutes earlier in Franklin.
Middletown police confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the car was reported stolen from a Middletown bar earlier Tuesday morning.
The fleeing car forced a sheriff's deputy cruiser off the road near the intersection of Ohio 73 and U.S. 42.
Sims said Sgt. Brian Dulle was outside his cruiser putting out stop sticks near the intersection of U.S. 42 and Utica Road when the fleeing car struck the deputy, then rolled over and crashed.
Dulle, 36, of Lebanon, died at the scene. He has been a deputy since 1999 and is survived by his wife and three children, ages 10, 7 and 4.
Dulle's daughter, Maddie, has been battling cancer. The family has been raising money for cancer research, programs and services for the children and their families while at Children's Hospital.
Sims said Dulle was a "tremendous worker," saying that he saw Dulle as someone who could someday become one of the higher leaders within the sheriff's office.
The man driving the pursued car fled the scene on foot, but was arrested while walking along the road near the intersection of Drake Road and Ohio 122 about four hours later, a little more than a mile from the crash scene.
RIP Sgt.
Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed the deadly chase and crash at 2 a.m at U.S. 42 and Utica Road.
A visibly-shaken Sheriff Larry Sims told reporters that Franklin police had started chasing the suspect about 20 minutes earlier in Franklin.
Middletown police confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the car was reported stolen from a Middletown bar earlier Tuesday morning.
The fleeing car forced a sheriff's deputy cruiser off the road near the intersection of Ohio 73 and U.S. 42.
Sims said Sgt. Brian Dulle was outside his cruiser putting out stop sticks near the intersection of U.S. 42 and Utica Road when the fleeing car struck the deputy, then rolled over and crashed.
Dulle, 36, of Lebanon, died at the scene. He has been a deputy since 1999 and is survived by his wife and three children, ages 10, 7 and 4.
Dulle's daughter, Maddie, has been battling cancer. The family has been raising money for cancer research, programs and services for the children and their families while at Children's Hospital.
Sims said Dulle was a "tremendous worker," saying that he saw Dulle as someone who could someday become one of the higher leaders within the sheriff's office.
The man driving the pursued car fled the scene on foot, but was arrested while walking along the road near the intersection of Drake Road and Ohio 122 about four hours later, a little more than a mile from the crash scene.
RIP Sgt.