Town Marshal
Robert Glenn Brunner
Wolcott Police Department
Saturday, August 9, 1941

Age: 28
Served: 3 weeks
Badge #:
Panel 7W, Line 22
Panel L25, Line 6

Incident Details

Cause of Death:
Struck by vehicle
Date/Time of Incident:
Saturday, August 9, 1941
04:50 am
Incident to Death Duration:
Same day
Incident Location:
U.S. 24 east of Wolcott
Incident County:
White
Incident Township:
Princeton
Weapon Used:
None
Suspect Disposition:
No charges filed
Burial Place:
Meadow Lake Cemetery, Wolcott

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   Town Marshal Robert Brunner was struck and killed by a vehicle during a traffic stop on U.S. 24, a mile east of Wolcott.

   Marshal Brunner had stopped a commercial vehicle traveling east for a minor traffic violation. After the driver had turned his truck around to head back into town and parked on the north side of the roadway as instructed by Marshal Brunner, another truck from the same company stopped and parked on the south side of the roadway.

   As Marshal Brunner and the driver of the second truck were standing by the side of the other truck waiting for it to pull out, an approaching car from the east struck Marshal Brunner despite attempts by the truck driver to warn him. He was thrown across the highway and became lodged under the wheels of the parked truck, killing him instantly.

   Town Marshal Brunner had also served as a deputy with the White County Sheriff's Department. He was survived by his wife, sister, brother and father.


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