Southern Indiana deputy killed in car crash
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Roy B. (Bruce) Sutton, 35, of Hanover, was killed late Friday night in a one-vehicle crash while responding to a 911 call near Madison, Indiana. Deputy Sutton was found dead at the scene of the accident, according to authorities.
Sutton was one of three Deputies responding to the 911 call reporting domestic abuse, according to a news release by the Indiana State Police.
“Two of the deputies had just arrived at the scene and the third deputy was very near the scene when he met a vehicle traveling westbound on the very hilly and winding Dugan Hollow Road,” the news release said.
“The sheriff’s vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and went down a very steep embankment and was airborne when the driver’s side of the vehicle struck a tree. Despite the fact the deputy was wearing his seat belt, he suffered fatal head trauma … ”
Sutton, an 18-month veteran of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, leaves behind a wife and no children.
