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Corp Michael E. Webster

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Corp Michael E. Webster

Birth
Death
2 Oct 1993 (aged 33)
Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Normandy, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Corporal Michael E. Webster, 33, died October 2, 1993, from injuries he suffered when he was struck by a drunk driver on US-40 in Blue Springs, Missouri, in Jackson County. Corporal Webster was a nine-year veteran of the Patrol. He was survived by his wife, a six-year old daughter, and a 20-month old son.

Corporal Webster had stopped a vehicle at 3:05 a.m. on October 2, for a license violation and was talking with the driver on the shoulder of the highway. A car driven by an intoxicated driver struck the left front fender of Corporal Webster's patrol car and the left rear of the car he had stopped. The car then hit Corporal Webster who was knocked onto the hood of the eastbound vehicle and carried approximately 200 feet before the vehicle stopped. Corporal Webster was transported to Research Hospital in Kansas City by air ambulance where he died at 7:05 p.m.

The driver of the vehicle that struck Corporal Webster, Nicholas Adams, 21, of Blue Springs, MO, was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer (Class B felony) and driving while intoxicated. In February 1995, after a jury deliberated for three hours, Adams was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison.

Corporal Webster was the 17th trooper to be killed in the line of duty since 1931.
Corporal Michael E. Webster, 33, died October 2, 1993, from injuries he suffered when he was struck by a drunk driver on US-40 in Blue Springs, Missouri, in Jackson County. Corporal Webster was a nine-year veteran of the Patrol. He was survived by his wife, a six-year old daughter, and a 20-month old son.

Corporal Webster had stopped a vehicle at 3:05 a.m. on October 2, for a license violation and was talking with the driver on the shoulder of the highway. A car driven by an intoxicated driver struck the left front fender of Corporal Webster's patrol car and the left rear of the car he had stopped. The car then hit Corporal Webster who was knocked onto the hood of the eastbound vehicle and carried approximately 200 feet before the vehicle stopped. Corporal Webster was transported to Research Hospital in Kansas City by air ambulance where he died at 7:05 p.m.

The driver of the vehicle that struck Corporal Webster, Nicholas Adams, 21, of Blue Springs, MO, was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer (Class B felony) and driving while intoxicated. In February 1995, after a jury deliberated for three hours, Adams was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison.

Corporal Webster was the 17th trooper to be killed in the line of duty since 1931.

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Wherever I go, let your spirit follow .... me IN VALOR THERE IS HOPE AND HONOR MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 473


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  • Created by: Connie Nisinger
  • Added: Oct 25, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8027246/michael_e-webster: accessed ), memorial page for Corp Michael E. Webster (13 Jun 1960–2 Oct 1993), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8027246, citing Saint Peter's Cemetery, Normandy, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Connie Nisinger (contributor 74).