Police Officer Jesse Madsen of the Tampa Police Department in Florida was killed when his patrol vehicle was struck head-on by another vehicle travellling the wrong-way on I-275 in Tampa, Florida.
Officer Madsen was responding to reports of a vehicle driving in the wrong direction. Investigators have reason to beleive that Officer Madsen veered in to the suspects path in order to stop the vehicle. Both he and the other driver were killed in the collision.
Officer Madsen was a Marine Corps veteran who had served with the Tampa Police Department for 16 years. He is survived by his wife and three children.