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A Tampa police officer who investigators believe veered into an oncoming vehicle to protect others before dying Tuesday morning in a wrong-way crash was a strong, courageous father who had wanted to serve in law enforcement since he was 8 years old, his family tells Fox News.
Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen a U.S. Marine combat veteran who spent nearly 17 years with the Tampa Police Department was pronounced dead around 1 a.m. following the collision on Interstate 275. He leaves behind a wife and three children, ages 16, 12 and 10.
A Tampa police officer was killed early Tuesday in a wrong-way traffic crash.
Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen, a 45-year-old highly decorated officer who was a 16-year veteran of the department, was killed while responding to calls about a wrong-way driver on Interstate 275.
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TPD officer Jesse Madsen, 45, killed in wrong-way crash
TPD Chief Brian Dugan said crash happened at 1 a.m. Tuesday on I-275 near Hillsborough Avenue
Madsen, a 16-year TPD veteran, was a husband, father of 3 and a US Marine
According to Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan, the crash happened in the northbound lanes just before 1 a.m. on I-275 near Hillsborough Avenue.