being released. STAFF PHOTO BY CHUCK COOK The funeral of Deputy First Class Hilery Mayo Jr. of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Wednesday, June 13, 2007. He was killed, while on duty, Saturday, June 9, 2007, in a vehicle accident. A State trooper investigates an accident on 21st Ave. in Covington where a large pine tree fell during a thunderstorm, crushing a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's car and injuring two deputies. St. Tammany bureau
Two St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies were injured Wednesday in Covington when a tree fell on a patrol car during the funeral procession for a fellow deputy who died in a weekend auto accident.
The names and conditions of the deputies have not been released by the Sheriff's Office. The officers were taken to St. Tammany Parish Hospital.
The miles-long funeral procession for Deputy Hilery Mayo was moving through Covington when a violent thunderstorm swept through St. Tammany Parish and knocked down numerous trees from Slidell to Covington. A large pine tree hit a patrol car on 21st Avenue, crushing the top of the vehicle.
The storms moved into St. Tammany from north to south at about 4 p.m.
Many trees are reported down in the area around Fielding Funeral Home and along 15th Avenue on the western side of Covington.
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway was closed from 4:20 to 4:58 p.m., with wind gusts at 50 to 60 mph.
Hail the size of pennies, or 3/4 inch in diameter, fell at the Slidell office of the National Weather Service, where the thunderstorm blew gusts of 51 mph, according to meterologist Mike Shields. The office issued a severe thunderstorm warning, he said.
Meterologist Jim Vasilj said the storm didn't spawn a twister. "It wasn't a tornado; it looks like it was just severe thunderstorm winds," he said.
Quarter-inch size hail also fell in and around Covington at about 4 p.m., he added, but he had no estimate for wind speeds in the Covington area.
My deputy was one car behind and was trapped in his unit(I was a 1/2 mile behind) ________________
The male deputy is dead,the female has a spinal cord injury. -- Edited by mavriktu at 21:18, 2007-06-13
-- Edited by mavriktu at 21:19, 2007-06-13
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Sorry to hear about that, Mav. I am headed that way this weekend...my sister and brother in law are in the medical field over there; I am sure I will hear more about this.
I cant answer your question about God sleeping...can only offer my prayers and best wishes to all of your LEO family.
My best!
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Update-----Mary Mayo has a severed spine at the third vertebrae and is paralyzed from the chest down.She and Beau (deceased dep) were dating seriously for some time and she does not as yet know.
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