OFFICER: WILLIAM R. BARNETT     

DEPARTMENT: Wyoming Highway Patrol

DATE OF INCIDENT: March 17, 1965 

DETAILS: A local family had asked Patrolman Barnett to lead a funeral procession for a family member.  As Patrolman Barnett approached the intersection of the church, his car collided with a mourner's car.  Someone at the scene drove Patrolman Barnett's vehicle, with him in it to the hospital.  Patrolman Barnett died of a heart attack and was pronounced dead at the hospital.