SHREVEPORT, La.—An 82-year-old auxiliary sheriff’s deputy died Friday in Louisiana when his parked patrol vehicle was struck from behind by a car as the deputy diverted traffic near the earlier crash of two trucks on an interstate, authorities said.
Caddo Parish auxiliary deputy Lonnie Thacker Sr., 82, was on Interstate 49 diverting traffic from the scene of the Friday morning crash that had closed the stretch of the interstate for several hours, KTBS-TV reported.