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Officer Thomas Albanese, a seven-year veteran with the department, was attempting to pull over a black sedan around 9 a.m. when he entered into the intersection of Paramount and Del Amo boulevards and collided with a silver Mercedes-Benz, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a news conference.
Calling the incident an “unfortunate accident,” Villanueva said the Mercedes driver appeared to have been turning in the intersection on a green light, while Albanese was heading northbound on Paramount.
LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas Albanese died instantly after a traffic collision in Lakewood, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.