MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop A - 504 SE Blue Parkway - Lee's Summit, MO 64063


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sgt. Collin Stosberg
(816) 622-0800 ext. 3149
A2012-42
September 24, 2012

EMPHASIS: Trooper Fred F. Guthrie Jr. Memorial Highway Dedication Scheduled


Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee's Summit, would like to announce that a ceremony to dedicate the Trooper Fred F. Guthrie Jr. Memorial Highway will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 5, 2012, at the Platte County Resource Center, 11724 NW Plaza Circle Drive, Kansas City (near Interstate 29 and 112th Street). The memorial highway is a portion of Interstate 29 between Missouri Highway 273 (near Tracy, MO) and Missouri Route E (near Camden Point, MO). Tpr. Guthrie died in the line of duty on August 1, 2011.

The memorial highway honors Tpr. Guthrie, who tragically lost his life after being swept away by swift moving flood waters. At the time, he was assigned to Missouri River flood duty and was working in the area of Big Lake on Missouri Highway 118 at Missouri Highway 111 in Holt County, MO. Tpr. Guthrie was the 30th member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol to lose his life in the line of duty. His K-9 partner, Reed, also died in the line of duty that day.

House Bill 1807/Senate Bill 480 sponsored by Missouri State Representative Nick Marshall, District 30, established the Trooper Fred F. Guthrie Jr. Memorial Highway.

Colonel Ronald Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Representative Marshall, and MoDOT's Northwest District Engineer Don Wichern will speak at the event. The public is invited to attend the ceremony.

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