Vehicles driven by a sheriff’s deputy and a correctional officer crashed into each other Sunday morning, killing both in Hardee County, southeast of Tampa. Joseph Ossman, who had worked in the Florida Department of Corrections for 21 years, was on his way to work, according to a statement from Florida Gov. Lanier said it was “wet, windy, and raining” when Bridges left the shelter, but that conditions were still considered safe for driving. Asked about the officers’ deaths at a news conference early Sunday afternoon, Scott said decisions about when to pull law enforcement off the roads were being made at the local level. “I am heartbroken to learn of the loss of these the two individuals,” he said in a statement.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2017 16:44 UTC