Deputy Sheriff Carol Scruggs
Marshall County Sheriff's Department, Mississippi
End of Watch:
Friday, June 25, 2010
Age: 48
Years on the job:
4
Badge Number:
NA
Cause of death:
Automobile accident
Deputy Carol Scruggs Marshall County deputy
died Friday after being injured in a one-vehicle accident on a rural road.
County Coroner Richard Anderson says Deputy Carol Scruggs lost control of
her patrol car on Red Banks Road west of Holly Springs sometime before 7:30
a.m. Friday.
Anderson says Scruggs was ejected after the vehicle left the road and
flipped several times. He says Scruggs was airlifted to the Regional
Medical Center at Memphis where she was later pronounced dead.
Sheriff Kenny Dickerson says Scruggs joined the sheriff's department in July
2006. Dickerson says the accident is under investigation.
Deputy Scruggs had served with the Marshall County Sheriff's Department for
four years.
Agency Information
Marshall County Sheriff's
Department
819 West Street
Holly Springs, MS 38635
Phone: (662) 252-1311
Rest in peace, and
may God allow him to keep watch
over us on earth while he patrols his beat
in heaven.
Our prayers go out to the
Officer and his Department and family.
May they all find peace in their hearts soon.