TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A police motorcade escorted the body of a Tampa police officer, killed in the line of duty during a crash on Interstate 275, from the crash scene to the medical examiner’s office on Tuesday morning.
The Tampa Police Department said Officer Jesse Masden, a father of four was killed in a crash on Interstate 275 between E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Sligh Avenue. A 25-year-old driver was traveling the wrong way on the interstate when he hit Masden’s patrol vehicle.
Madsen, 45, was a US Marine who had worked for the Tampa Police Department for 16 years. He was a highly-decorated officer with seven life-saving awards, according to Chief Brian Dugan.
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The officer leaves behind three children. He is the 32nd Tampa Police Department Officer to be killed in the line of duty, according to Dugan.
