SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper who helped strengthen the company's use of drones has died after a fight with COVID-19 gotten smaller on obligation, the state patrol said Sunday.
Detective Eric Gunderson died Sunday surrounded by way of his family and friends, the patrol said in an announcement. He turned into 38.
Gunderson, the know-how liaison in the patrol's crook Investigation Division and a member of the patrol's SWAT team, generally traveled around the nation to speak in regards to the state patrol's use of drones and shrunk COVID-19 on a kind of trips, the patrol referred to.
Gunderson helped examine the 2017 Amtrak derailment in DuPont and his work also helped reopen roads extra immediately after crashes, it observed.
Gunderson's loss of life is the primary line of responsibility death for the company considering the fact that it marked its a centesimal anniversary just a few weeks ago, Chief John Batiste observed.
"How I had hoped our 2nd century of service can be more forgiving. however serving the public, as we do, has inherent risks and this pandemic has been a foe to our agency and indeed our state and nation," he spoke of.
Gov. Jay Inslee tweeted his condolences to Gunderson's family unit, pals and colleagues.
he is survived by way of his wife Kameron and sons Blake, 13, and Braden, 10.
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