Sergeant Kurt E. Harrelson

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Department,  Louisiana
End of Watch: Thursday, July 31, 2003

Age: 31

Tour: 10 years

Cause: Automobile accident

Incident Date: 7/31/2003

Sergeant Kurt Harrelson and  Detective Chaney Champagne were killed when their patrol car collided with a  truck on State Highway 308.
At approximately 1530 hours, Sergeant  Harrelson and Detective Champagne were responding to a call reporting an elderly  woman had driven her car into a canal and the car was filling with water.

While  enroute to the call, their car slid on the rain slicked road into an oncoming  truck. Both officers were killed as a result of the collision.

Sergeant  Harrelson had served with the LaFourche Parish Sheriff’s Department for over 10  years, and is survived by his wife, 10-year-old son, and 4  year-old-daughter.