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Officer Douglas Haggerty III, 36, died on Friday, Feb. 4 when he suffered a medical episode while driving on Spencerville Road and crashed near Good Hope Road around 8:05 a.m., his department said.
A child in the vehicle was able to exit and call 9-1-1 and was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.
Police and fire rescue performed life-saving measures at the scene and Haggerty was transported to an area hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead.
Haggerty has been a Montgomery County Police Officer since July 2010 and had been serving as an officer in the Rockville District. He previously served as a patrol officer in the Silver Spring District.
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