Deputy Sheriff Clyde Tatum, Autauga County Sheriff's Office, Alabama

Deputy Sheriff Clyde Tatum

Autauga County Sheriff's Office, Alabama

End of Watch Saturday, November 22, 1952

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Clyde Tatum

Deputy Sheriff Clyde Tatum and Deputy Sheriff Alf Wadsworth were killed when their patrol car collided at an intersection with a State Highway Patrol vehicle.

Officers and deputies were responding to a high-priority domestic call when the crash occurred. The two highway patrolmen and a county judge in the other vehicle were seriously injured.

Deputy Tatum died a few hours after the crash. Deputy Wadsworth was transported to Prattville General Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on July 24, 1952.

He was survived by his wife, son, and brother.

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Incident Details

Cause Automobile crash
Incident Date Friday, November 21, 1952

domestic, emergency response, vehicle crash

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