End of Watch:
May 27, 2003
Age: 30
Emery County Sheriff’s Office
Accidental: Vehicle Accident
Deputy Jeremiah K. Johnson was killed in a traffic crash near Castle Dale.
Deputy Johnson was finishing an overnight shift when he crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a coal truck. The driver of the coal truck was not injured. Investigators were unable to determine why Deputy Johnson’s patrol vehicle crossed the centerline but said that the rising sun and a sharp curve in the road may have contributed to the collision. Deputy Johnson was married and the father of three children. He is buried in Castle Dale Cemetery.
The bronze memorial name plaque of Deputy Jeremiah K. Johnson is sponsored by the Emery County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Care Fund.