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In Memoriam

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RCMP Cst. Jose AGOSTINHO

Wetaskiwin Detachment, Alberta

July 4th, 2005

On July 4th, 2005. a fatal motor vehicle collision occurred approximately five kilometres south of the Millet turnoff (Leduc, Alberta) on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Highway #2).

The collision involved two (2) police motor vehicles, from Wetaskiwin Detachment, and a fifteen (15) ton delivery truck.

Constable Jose AGOSTINHO, 45 years of age, was killed in the collision.

Cst. AGOSTINHO was a 9 year veteran of the RCMP and had been posted to Wetaskiwin Detachment for the past 2 years where he performed General Duty policing.

Cst. AGOSTINHO is survived by his wife and two teenage children.

The second member, Constable Robin Haney, was treated and released from hospital. Cst. Haney has nearly 25 years of service and he is currently posted to Wetaskiwin Traffic Services. The driver of the truck was taken to hospital and later released.

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