Deputy Sheriff
Paul Winfield Mitchell
Lake County Sheriff's Department
Saturday, June 12, 1999
Age: 24
Served: 1 year
Badge #: 419
Panel 49E, Line 21 (2000)
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Lake County Sheriff's Department

Incident Details

Cause of Death
Automobile accident
Date/Time of Incident
Saturday, June 12, 1999
04:20 am
Incident to Death Duration
Same day
Incident Location
State Road 2 at Austin Street
Incident County
Lake
Incident Township
West Creek
Weapon Used
None
Suspect Disposition
None
Burial Place
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville
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   Deputy Sheriff Paul Mitchell was killed in a single-vehicle accident while responding to an alarm call at U.S. 41 and State Road 2.

   While traveling westbound on State Road 2 at Austin Street during a heavy rainstorm, his cruiser slid off the south side of the roadway and crashed into a guardrail which pierced the driver's side door.

   Deputy Mitchell was transported to St. Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point where he was pronounced dead.

   Deputy Sheriff Mitchell, from Schererville, was single and survived by his sister and parents.


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