Sergeant John H. Lockhart

John H. Lockhart

Sergeant John Lockhart succumbed to a head injury sustained five days earlier.

He was responding to a burglary call at a local drugstore when he slipped on ice and struck his head on a frame brace on the top of his patrol car. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage five days later and passed away.

Sergeant Lockhart had served with the New York State Police for 17 years and was assigned to Troop C.