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Ceremony marks one year anniversary
Victoria Police will today pause and pay tribute to four fallen colleagues at a ceremony to mark the first anniversary since the officers were tragically killed in a road incident on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway.
Families, friends and colleagues will come together at the Victoria Police Academy chapel to remember the lives of Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, Constable Josh Prestney and Constable Glen Humphris who were killed in the line of duty on 22 April 2020.
The service will include the laying of four wreaths for each police officer killed and a one-minute silence.
On this day one year ago, their worlds fell apart.
“The memory of how that night unfolded is as clear and as painful as if it happened yesterday,” recall the family of Constable Josh Prestney, killed alongside three of his Victoria Police colleagues on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway.
Constable Josh Prestney with his mother, Belinda.
“As hard it was to lose Josh, harder still has been learning to live without him. We will never get used to this, get over this or move on from this.”
Their beloved son, brother and partner left for work that night and never returned, as did new police graduate Constable Glen Humphris.
Cityâs touching tribute to fallen cops Melbourne will again be bathed in blue lights as a tribute to the four police officers who lost their lives on the Eastern Freeway.
Crime by Jack Paynter 20th Apr 2021 2:45 PM Melbourne will be bathed in blue lights again on Thursday night to mark the first anniversary of the Eastern Freeway tragedy that claimed the lives of four police officers. Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the deaths of Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constable Josh Prestney. The group were killed after they stopped to pull over Richard Pusey, who was clocked speeding at 149km per hour in his black Porsche. He was urinating on the side of the road and avoided being hit.
Cityâs touching tribute to fallen cops Melbourne will again be bathed in blue lights as a tribute to the four police officers who lost their lives on the Eastern Freeway.
Crime by Jack Paynter 20th Apr 2021 2:45 PM Melbourne will be bathed in blue lights again on Thursday night to mark the first anniversary of the Eastern Freeway tragedy that claimed the lives of four police officers. Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the deaths of Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constable Josh Prestney. The group were killed after they stopped to pull over Richard Pusey, who was clocked speeding at 149km per hour in his black Porsche. He was urinating on the side of the road and avoided being hit.