By Gordon Byrd
Mar 11, 2021
TAMPA Police have confirmed that Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen swerved his cruiser into the path of a wrong way driver, taking two sharp turns to intercept it, just before the crash that took his life early Tuesday morning.
Data from the other car shows driver Joshua Montague was traveling at 100 miles per hour, going the wrong way on northbound I-275. Montague, 25, also died in the collision.
Full toxicology reports are still being analyzed, but initial findings show Montague was intoxicated. Detectives say he was in the process of moving to the Tampa Bay area and was staying at a local hotel, driving a rental car.
Colorado Man Who Caused Crash that Killed Officer Was Intoxicated
A man from Colorado that was driving down the wrong side of the road and ended up getting into a crash that not only took his own life but the life of a police officer as well was found to be intoxicated during the incident.
The man, 25-year-old Joshua Montague was in the process of moving from Golden, Colorado to Tampa, Florida had been in the city for less than 12 hours when the incident occurred.
In fact, Montague had been in Tampa for so little time that upon searching and inspecting his hotel room, authorities made note that his luggage hadn t even been unpacked yet.
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