SHREVEPORT, La.—An 82-year-old auxiliary sheriff’s deputy died Friday in Louisiana when his parked patrol vehicle was struck from behind by a car as the deputy diverted traffic near the earlier crash of two trucks on an interstate, authorities said. Caddo Parish auxiliary deputy Lonnie Thacker Sr., 82, was on Interstate 49 diverting traffic from the scene of the Friday morning crash that had closed the stretch of the interstate for several hours, KTBS-TV reported. The northbound inside lane had just re-opened shortly before noon when the second crash occurred. Thacker was seated in his patrol unit when a woman driving a Kia Sorento struck the rear of his patrol vehicle, parish sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick told the TV station. Chadwick said the woman, whose name wasn’t immediately released, suffered minor injuries and was checked out at a hospital. A coroner’s statement identified Thacker as the auxiliary deputy killed and said …
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