Laguna Beach officer and Iraq-Afghanistan War veteran dies in crash

Laguna Beach officer and Iraq-Afghanistan War veteran dies in crash
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September 22nd, 2013

Courtesy Laguna Beach Police Officers Association
Laguna Beach Police Officer Jon Coutchie, 42, was hit and killed Saturday night on the South Coast Highway.

Laguna Beach police are mourning the loss of a motor officer who died in the line of duty Saturday night.

Officer Jon Coutchie, 42, was hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of South Coast Highway and Cleo Street, the Laguna Beach Police Employee's Association said in a statement. He was attempting to locate a speeding car that had been spotted by another officer around 11:30 p.m.
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