Officer Dominic Francis, 42, fatally struck by vehicle evading police on I-75 in Bluffton, Ohio
Bluffton, Ohio, officer killed trying to stop fleeing car on I-75
The officer, Dominic Francis of the Bluffton police department, was struck around 2:30 a.m. while he was setting up stop sticks, which flatten tires, said Sgt. Brice Nihiser of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The chase had reached speeds up to 120 mph.
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