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Updated: 10:08 PM EDT August 3, 2021
A Nelsonville police officer was killed in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon, according to Chief Scott Fitch.
Fitch said officers were responding to a report of shots fired just before 2:30 p.m.
Fitch said officer Scott Dawley, 43, was involved in a crash with two other vehicles at East Canal Street near Hocking Street.
Dawley was flown to O Bleness hospital in Athens where he was pronounced dead, according to Fitch.
Another driver involved in the crash was flown to a hospital in Columbus. A third driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Dawley is a 7-year veteran of the Nelsonville Police Department who Fitch described as a well respected, dedicated family man and fun to be around.
“A selfless guy is the best way I would describe Officer Dawley,” Frank said.
According to Nelsonville Police, Dawley was responding to a report of shots fired at approximately 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police said the lights and sirens on his vehicle were activated when he crashed into a box truck at the intersection of West Canal Street and Rocky Boots Way. Dawley died at the hospital.
“I can’t imagine what the family’s going through right now and I know the officers are definitely having a hard time as well,” Frank said. “So anything, prayers for those guys, help them get through, is the best thing that can happen.”
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio A Nelsonville police officer is dead after a multi-vehicle vehicle crash on Tuesday. NBC4 reports that the crash happened at approximately 2:26 p.m. Nelsonville Police Chief Scott Fitch, announced that Officer Scott Dawley was killed as he responded to a report of shots fired with lights and sirens running. The crash involved Dawley’s marked SUV, another vehicle, and a truck
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, which is investigating the crash, Dawley was driving a marked Nelsonville Police Department Ford Explorer SUV on Canal Street when it struck a 2009 Ford F-650 box truck, driven by David A. Rardain, 55, which had entered the intersection from Myers Street.