A 51-year-old Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy died Sept. 22 after he was struck by a construction worker operating a front-end loader on a road project near Roosevelt Boulevard on I-275.
A Pinellas County Sheriffâs deputy died Feb. 17 while doing his job and trying to keep people from getting hurt, according to Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.
Deputy Michael J. Magli, 30, died at the scene of a crash on East Lake Road about 4:34 p.m. He was in the process of deploying âstop sticks,â used to delate tires, in hopes of stopping a suspect that had been driving a high speeds in a reckless manner.
The driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with Deputy Magliâs cruiser parked in the median. Magli was standing outside the cruise and ended up pinned beneath it. He died at the scene.
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Suspect charged with murder after crash that killed Pinellas deputy
By Kellie Cowan and Jennifer Holton
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Jennifer Holton reports
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - A drunk-driving suspect has now been charged with murder after Wednesday s crash that killed a Pinellas County deputy.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Deputy Michael Magli gave his life while trying to save others from a reckless and suspected drunk driver, identified as 33-year-old Robert Allen Holzaepfel.
Magli is the first deputy at the Pinellas County Sheriff s Office to be killed in the line of duty.
Deputy Michael Magli, courtesy Pinellas County Sheriff s Office To say it’s a tragedy is an understatement, the sheriff said Wednesday. There are no words to make sense of it.