On the night of April 25, 1997, Indiana State Police Tpr. Andrew P. Winzenread began work to assist a stranded motorist on Interstate 74. It was his last assignment.
Winzenread was struck and killed by a semi-tractor trailer as it passed too closely. Winzenread had been a state trooper since 1994.
Beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 19 at the Decatur County Courthouse, the memory of Winzenread’s sacrifice will live on when a memorial marker is dedicated by the Indiana State Police and State Rep. Cleo Duncan.
The dedication ceremony comes in the wake of ISP Tpr. William Rayner’s memorial, wherein Duncan proclaimed I-74 near the 138 mile marker the “Tpr. William Rayner Memorial Highway.”
Winzenread’s unexpected death inspired Duncan to author and lead legislation that created the Slow Down/Move Over movement that began in 1999. It requires drivers to slow down and move over when approaching any emergency vehicles. About 39 states have followed in Indiana’s and Duncan’s example and created their own similar legislation to make the country’s roads safer.
According to a press release from ISP Sgt. Noel Houze, the ceremony will be held outside on the east side of the Decatur County Courthouse. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held inside the courthouse.
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