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William S. Kozlak, SP52
Served from 8-1-33 to 4-25-34
Died on April 25th, 1934
Trooper
Kozlak died as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash along
Highway 52 near Osseo MN.
William Kozlac, state highway
patrolman and a brother of state representative Joseph Kozlac was killed
Wednesday when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a telephone pole on the
Jefferson highway four miles north of Osseo.
It was the first fatality to a state
highway patrolman since the establishment of the patrol in 1930.
A passing motorist found Kozlac's
body in a ditch beside the road, his crushed motorcycle nearby. He phoned Anoka
county authorities, who removed the body.
At the time of the accident, Kozlac
was en route to Brainerd where he was delivering a new motorcycle to patrol
headquarters there, and where he is stationed.
Kozlac was 32. He was married and is
survived by his wife and a small daughter. He formerly lived in Minneapolis.
The
Minneapolis Tribune
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