CHP Officer and citizen killed by 2nd car during traffic stop

Officer Kirk Griess was struck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on I-80, near Manuel Campos Parkway, in Solano.

Another vehicle entered the area and struck both Officer Griess and the vehicle he had stopped. Officer Griess and the driver of the stopped car were both killed.

Officer Griess was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the California Highway Patrol for 19 years. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and son.

Commissioner Warren Stanley
California Highway Patrol
PO Box 942898
Sacramento, CA 94298
Phone: (916) 731-6300

https://www.odmp.org/officer/23746-o...-kirk-a-griess

:(

RIP

Was the 2nd car being driven by a drunk, because that happens far too often.

RIP for the officer and the stopped driver.

RIP so sad

How awful. :(
RIP.

RIP