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Timothy Huffman ("Tim")
- May. 06, 2013 -
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Resided: |
Dateland (Yuma County) AZ, USA
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Born: | Jul. 11, 1965 |
Fallen: | May. 06, 2013 |
Race/Sex: | Caucasian Male / 47 yrs. of age |
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Dept: | Arizona Dept. of Public Safety
2102 W Encanto Blvd. Phoenix, AZ
85009-2847 USA (602)223-2000 |
County: | Maricopa |
Dept. Type: | State/Police |
Hero's Rank: | Officer |
Sworn Date: | Unk |
FBI Class: | Crash |
Weapon Class: | Vehicle |
Agency URL: | Click Here
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Badge: | 5430 |
On The Job: |
14 years
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Duties: | Assigned to Yuma district |
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Bio: Tim graduated from Silver City High School then received his Bachelors from the University of New Mexico. He served in the U.S. Amy from 1984 to 1992, in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1992 to 2009 and as a D.P.S. officer from 1998 until his passing. He was an NRA member, and of the Arizona Highway Patrolman's Association. Tim's interests include computers and collecting weapons. He loved spending time with his family and enjoyed traveling everywhere.
Officer Huffman was a member of the Arizona Army National Guard. |
Fatal Incident Summary
Offender: |
Jorge Espinoza
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Male
- 33 years old
May 24, 2013: booked into the Yuma County Jail about 5:30 p.m. on one count of manslaughter, 14 counts of endangerment and seven counts of criminal damage.
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Location: |
Dateland,
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USA
Mon. May. 06, 2013
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Summary: |
Officer Tim Huffman was killed when his patrol car was struck by a tractor-trailer on I-8 near Dateland, Arizona, at approximately 5:00 pm.
He and other officers were attempting to shutdown a lane of traffic while investigating an earlier accident. Officer Huffman was sitting in his patrol car writing a report as another officer attempted to shut down a lane of traffic to clear a lane for fire department vehicles. The tractor trailer failed to yield to the officer who was waving traffic over and struck the back of Officer Huffman's patrol car at full speed, pushing it into two other patrol cars, a fire department vehicle and a civilian vehicle.
Officer Huffman succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
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Officer Huffman was on scene helping investigate an injury collision on Interstate 8, 40 miles east of Yuma, when a tanker truck failed to yield to the closure of the number-two lane on the highway. The driver of the semi-truck, Jorge Espinoza, 33, first collided with DPS Capt. George Anderson’s parked patrol car, which then crashed into Huffman’s patrol car. Huffman was seated inside his patrol car writing a report and was killed by the force of the impact. He was 47 years old.
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