Vacaville Officer Matthew Bowen was fatally hit struck by a car while conducting a traffic stop and later died at a hospital. The driver was taken into custody.
A motorcycle officer was killed in Vacaville, Calif., on Thursday morning in a major traffic collision at the intersection of Leisure Town Road and Orange Drive. Officer Matthew Bowen, 32, was struck by a car while conducting a traffic stop and later died at a hospital, according to the Vacaville Police Department. The driver was taken into custody, authorities said.
Bowen started in Vacaville in June 2023, and was previously a police officer in the city of Concord, according to the department. He is survived by his wife, two sons, parents and brother, officials said. A video taken by a bystander and posted to social media shows numerous police and fire vehicles and caution tape blocking the intersection. A gray sedan with severe front-end damage can be seen next to a traffic-light pole on the sidewalk, with debris littered across the intersection.
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