Who leaves behind a family. Very sad.
FROM the KOAT News site
http://www.koat.com/news/13986586/detail.html#Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety spokesman John Francis has identified the officer as 40-year-old Germaine Casey. Casey was with the University of New Mexico police department for one year and with the Rio Rancho police force for two years. Francis said Casey had received special training in riding in motorcades and had previously escorted Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on separate occasions.
Casey was at the front of the motorcade on Yale Boulevard near the airport, when he went off the road and hit a tree at approximatley 1:00 p.m. According to Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz, President Bush saw the accident as he passed by and called John Francis to offer his condolences.
Casey was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital and died on arrival.
"It means a lot for the president of the U.S. to take time out of his busy schedule and call us to express his deepest sympathy," Francis said. "We are certainly in a time of sorrow right now for our fallen officer, this is our first officer that we have lost in the line of duty".
Francis said Bush will also be calling Casey's family Monday evening. Casey had a wife and two children.