The horrible traffic snarl last Friday afternoon in the Sudley/Sudley Manor Drive area claimed a victim. Sadly, Prince William County employee Donald Reid suffered a heart attack while delivering water and supplies to those officers handling the gas explosion. He died at Prince William Hospital later that night.
According to the News & Messenger:
MANASSAS, Va.—A Prince William County police department employee died in the line of duty Friday.“The professional and personal contributions made by Don to the lives of Police Department members will not be forgotten,” Prince William County police Chief Charlie T. Deane said in a press release. “The Prince William County Police Department will truly miss Don Reid.”Donald E. Reid, the police department’s supply section manger, died of an apparent heart attack while responding to a gas leak in the Manassas area Friday, police officials said Monday.He would have turned 60 Saturday.
Friday afternoon, police officers responded to the intersection of Sudley Road and Sudley Manor Drive to direct traffic around a large gas leak, which closed roads in the area for hours.
At about 7 p.m., Reid was delivering water and other supplies to those officers, when he pulled his car over to the side of the road, in “apparent medical distress,” police said.
A Virginia State trooper saw the stopped car, checked on Reid and called an ambulance.
Reid was taken to Prince William Hospital, where he died later Friday night.
Reid began working with the Prince William County police department as a Property and Evidence Clerk in March 2000. Officials said Reid was “commended on multiple occasions for his professionalism and dedication to duty” during his career in the county.
Before working as a civilian employee in the Prince William department, Reid was a police officer in the Village of Tuckahoe in Westchester County, New York. He retired after 21 years as a sworn police officer.
Before he was a police officer, Reid served in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army and was awarded the Purple Heart after serving in the Vietnam War.
He would have turned 60 Saturday.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his friends, colleagues, and family. His passing is a loss to our community.At about 7 p.m., Reid was delivering water and other supplies to those officers, when he pulled his car over to the side of the road, in “apparent medical distress,” police said.
A Virginia State trooper saw the stopped car, checked on Reid and called an ambulance.
Reid was taken to Prince William Hospital, where he died later Friday night.
Reid began working with the Prince William County police department as a Property and Evidence Clerk in March 2000. Officials said Reid was “commended on multiple occasions for his professionalism and dedication to duty” during his career in the county.
Before working as a civilian employee in the Prince William department, Reid was a police officer in the Village of Tuckahoe in Westchester County, New York. He retired after 21 years as a sworn police officer.
Before he was a police officer, Reid served in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army and was awarded the Purple Heart after serving in the Vietnam War.
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RIP Mr. Reid. The community is thankful for your service.
God hold and keep his family. His life appears to have been one long line of service to his country and his countrymen, and he died with his boots on. May he take his rightful place in the honored ranks of our lost heroes.
God bless you, Mr. Reid. Your service will not be forgotten.
There are no words that will suffice for the loss of a person who dedicated his life to public service. May the good Lord hold you safely in the palm of His hand. Fair winds and following seas Mr. Reid.
The community has certainly suffered a loss,m Mr. Reid.