Trooper Garland Blair, 29, was killed instantly on October 12, 1931 when the open touring car in which he was a passenger rolled over twice. Trooper Blair, a two-year veteran assigned to Hawthorne, was returning from a burglary investigation when his partner, the operator of the vehicle, was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and forced off Route 100 in Yorktown Heights. Trooper Blair was immediately transported to an area doctor's residence by a passing motorist but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Trooper Blair served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and came to New York from Zan Lier, Kentucky.
Trooper Garland Blair, 29, was killed instantly on October 12, 1931 when the open touring car in which he was a passenger rolled over twice. Trooper Blair, a two-year veteran assigned to Hawthorne, was returning from a burglary investigation when his partner, the operator of the vehicle, was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and forced off Route 100 in Yorktown Heights. Trooper Blair was immediately transported to an area doctor's residence by a passing motorist but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Trooper Blair served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and came to New York from Zan Lier, Kentucky.
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