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JOHN MERCER BLACK



Officer Rank: Motor Officer

Memorial Panel: 37-W -34

Department: Los Angeles County, California, S.O.

End of Watch: 11/22/1929

Cause: Traffic-related, Motorcycle crash

Age: 26

Length of Service: 1 Years


Patrolman Black sustained multiple injuries in a motorcycle crash when his patrol motorcycle was struck by a vehicle. The collision tossed Patrolman Black almost 80 feet and caused his motorcycle to burst into flames. Patrolman Black was transported to the hospital where he died.

 

 

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