Dorothy Wuerfele
Name: Dorothy Wuerfele
Age: 71
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 07/24/2018
Location: 15576-15184 US-24
Peyton, Colorado, 80831
County: El Paso
Agency: El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehicle
Media summary: El Paso County sheriff's Deputy Quinlan Linebaugh, 29, was driving west in his patrol car around 1:30 p.m. when he tried to pass two vehicles. Linebaugh made it around the first vehicle and was passing Perry and Dorothy Wuerfeles' 2008 Lincoln pickup when a dump truck traveling in the opposite direction swerved to avoid the deputy's cruiser and crashed head-on with the Wuerfeles. Kenneth, 75, died in the crash, and Dorothy, 71, died shortly after being taken to a hospital. Linebaugh was fired and convicted of two counts of careless driving resulting in injury.
Unique ID: 24652
News article: Link
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