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Funeral escort for Fremont County Deputy Austin “Melvin” Richardson

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June 15th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Fire, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies, Atlantic Police, Cass County EMS personnel stand in honor under Old Glory above I-80 westbound at Exit 57, north of Atlantic, while a procession of law enforcement escorts Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Richardson from the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny, to a funeral home in Hamburg. The Deputy died Tuesday, June 14th, in a collision between the SUV he was driving, and a combine. The accident took place on a narrow two-lane highway in Fremont County.