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Monday, December 13, 2010

Polk country deputy, Air Force veteran, killed coming out of store

Out-of-control SUV strikes patrol car, kills Polk deputy
Sgt. Wes Whitmore was a 15-year Sheriff's Office veteran
By Arelis R. Hernández and Amy L. Edwards, Orlando Sentinel
6:03 p.m. EST, December 12, 2010

A Polk County Sheriff's Office sergeant died Sunday after an out-of-control sports utility vehicle struck his patrol car and then propelled the vehicle into the law-enforcement officer as he stood nearby.

Wesley Richard Whitmore Jr., a 15-year Sheriff's Office veteran, parked at the 7-Eleven on Spirit Lake Road and Recker Highway in Winter Haven and had just exited his patrol car when a Cadillac Escalade struck his vehicle.

Witnesses told investigators that moments before the Cadillac struck the deputy sheriff's car, the SUV crashed through metal barriers, hit a woman as she stood outside her business, struck the corner of that business, and then continued south through the parking lot, where it then struck Whitmore's vehicle.

Whitmore, who lived in Lakeland, is a U.S. Air Force veteran. He is survived by his wife and adult children.

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Out of control SUV strikes patrol car kills Polk deputy

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