Jupiter Police Officer in presidential motorcade dies after Florida accident

Police motorcyclist in presidential motorcade dies after Florida accident
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 10, 2012

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: The late officer was a 20-year veteran of the Jupiter police department, its chief says
A pickup truck hit the police motorcyclist, a sheriff's office spokeswoman says
The officer, from Jupiter, Florida, later died at a West Palm Beach hospital, she adds President Obama has been notified about the officer's death, the White House says

(CNN) -- A police motorcyclist in President Barack Obama's motorcade died Sunday in Florida following a serious highway accident, police and the top White House spokesman said.

The officer from the Jupiter, Florida, police department was transported around 4:40 p.m. to St. Mary's Medical Center in nearby West Palm Beach after being critically injured in a crash. The man -- identified as Officer Bruce St. Laurent -- later died at the hospital, Jupiter police Chief Frank Kitzerow told reporters late Sunday.

Obama was notified of the death, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters after Air Force One landed in Washington. The president's thoughts and prayers are with the officer's family, according to the spokesman.
read more here