Trump, DeSantis sign up for hundreds to mourn 3 deputies killed in roadside crash

Hundreds of other folks attended a memorial on Tuesday morning in West Palm Seashore, Florida, for 3 Palm Seashore Sheriff’s Administrative center deputies who had been killed in a crash just about two weeks in the past.  

Deputy Sheriff Ignacio “Dan” Diaz, Deputy Sheriff Ralph “Butch” Waller, and Corporal Luis Paez had been struck by way of a Jeep SUV on Nov. 21 whilst stopped with their bikes at the shoulder of Southern Side road, simply west of Seminole Pratt Whitney Highway close to Wellington. 

Waller and Paez had been pronounced useless on the health facility in a while after the crash, whilst Diaz used to be in important situation and underwent surgical treatment on the health facility however later succumbed to his accidents. 

President-elect Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis had been in attendance, in step with Trump’s deputy director of communications Margo Martin, who posted pictures on X of DeSantis, Trump and Eric Trump on the memorial.

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“You’ll educate the deputies to maintain unhealthy guys, for site visitors stops, top velocity chases,” Palm Seashore County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw stated at a press convention in entrance of the Fallen Officer’s Memorial Wall at PBSO. “There is no coaching for this. They by no means noticed it coming. They by no means had an opportunity to check out and save themselves.”

Greater than 7,000 other folks had been anticipated to wait Tuesday’s memorial, he stated.

The general public memorial used to be set to happen on the iTHINK Monetary Amphitheater in West Palm Seashore. The procession used to be scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., adopted by way of an 11 a.m. carrier, which used to be anticipated to finish round 2 p.m. 

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President Donald J. Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attend a memorial carrier for 3 fallen Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s deputies on the South Florida Fairgrounds, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Palm Seashore County. (Invoice Ingram/Imagn)

Rescue automobiles lift the Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Administrative center deputies from the motorbike unit who had been struck and killed by way of a car. The procession carried the deputies to the PBSO morgue on Nov. 21, 2024 in West Palm Seashore, Florida. (Greg Lovett/Palm Seashore Publish/Imagn)

Rescue automobiles lift the Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Administrative center deputies from the motorbike unit who had been struck and killed by way of a car to the morgue on Nov. 21, 2024 in West Palm Seashore, Florida. (Greg Lovett/Palm Seashore Publish/Imagn)

The 3 deputies had been pulled over to the shoulder on their bikes, as one among them perceived to have a subject matter together with his motorcycle, Bradshaw stated all the way through a press convention after the crash. A lady using her SUV down Southern Side road found out a motive force who used to be using slower than her and veered towards the shoulder to cross however “overcompensated” and struck all 3 deputies, sending them “airborne,” Bradshaw added. 

“Other folks need to take it significantly if you end up using a car…that is 2,000 kilos of destruction if it is not treated correctly,” Bradshaw stated, including that the driving force is cooperating within the investigation and “feels horrible” about what took place.

The Dec. 3 memorial for Deputy Sheriff Ignacio “Dan” Diaz, Deputy Sheriff Ralph “Butch” Waller, and Corporal Luis Paez, who had been struck by way of a Jeep SUV on Nov. 21 whilst stopped with their bikes at the shoulder of Southern Side road, simply west of Seminole Pratt Whitney Highway close to Wellington, Florida. (PBSO/X)

Palm Seashore County deputies and others collect on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 on the South Florida Fairgrounds close to Royal Palm Seashore for a memorial for 3 deputies who died in a Nov. 21 crash west of Wellington, Florida. (Invoice Ingram/Palm Seashore Publish)

Other folks watch alongside State Highway 7 on Dec. 3, 2024 as a procession passes by way of for 3 Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Administrative center deputies who died remaining month in a roadside crash. (Damon Higgins/Imagn)

Diaz, 51, joined PBSO in 2004 and were with the company’s motor unit for greater than 10 years, in step with the Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Administrative center.  

Paez, 58, labored for greater than 36 years with PBSO, beginning as a corrections deputy in 1988 ahead of transitioning to highway patrol and in the end serving as a motor deputy for greater than two decades.

Waller, 54, labored within the motor unit for greater than 18 years, starting his regulation enforcement occupation with the Royal Palm Seashore Police Division ahead of it merged with PBSO in October 2008.

“It by no means will get more uncomplicated,” Bradshaw stated, discussing the character of chatting with kin of slain officials. “While you glance of their eyes, you spot that ache…and I by no means get used to it.” 

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Memorial carrier for 3 fallen Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s deputies on Dec. 3, 2024 in Palm Seashore County.  (Invoice Ingram/Imagn)

Faculty Police Primary J. McCarthy places his hand on his middle after a motorcade drove by way of sporting two Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Administrative center deputies who had been struck and killed by way of a car on Thursday morning on Nov. 21, 2024 in West Palm Seashore, Florida. (Greg Lovett/Palm Seashore Publish/Imagn)

A police officer salutes on Dec. 3, 2024 as a procession for 3 Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Administrative center deputies who died remaining month in a roadside crash passes by way of on learn how to the iThink Monetary Amphitheatre at the South Florida Fairgrounds campus. (Damon Higgins/Imagn)

The crash is being investigated as a site visitors murder case, Florida Freeway Patrol advised WPTV. 

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President Donald J. Trump, a Secret Provider member, his son Eric Trump, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attend a memorial carrier for 3 fallen Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s deputies on the South Florida Fairgrounds, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Palm Seashore County.  (Invoice Ingram/Imagn)

Members of the family of 3 fallen Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Deputies attend a memorial carrier for his or her family members on Dec. 3, 2024, on the South Florida Fairgrounds.  (Invoice Ingram/Imagn)

It’s unclear if any felony fees can be filed towards the girl who crashed into the deputies, however no fees were filed towards her at the moment, the opening reported. 

“When a deputy dies, a work of the neighborhood dies with them,” Bradshaw stated.