Will be placed on county line bridge on I29
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A new sign will mark the spot where a Moody County deputy lost his life nearly 16 years ago.
The 3-foot-by-6-foot maroon sign was dedicated Saturday in memory of Bill Davis and as a kickoff to National Police Week, a time set aside to remember fallen officers. The sign will move from the Moody County Courthouse lawn to the bridge over the Big Sioux River on Interstate 29.
Drivers in the northbound lane will be able to see it and remember Davis who died while responding to an accident call, said Sheriff Troy Wellman, who help dedicate the sign.
About 25 people attended the ceremony, including Tony Firman, a former county commissioner who helped get approval for the sign from the S.D. Department of Transportation, and Sergeant Josh Olson of the South Dakota Highway Patrol who was at the scene of the deadly accident on Nov. 3, 2003.
Olson, who has been a trooper since 2002, said he will see the sign while on duty and still vividly remembers the accident. “It’s tough because it’s a reminder of how dangerous our job is,” he said. Yet, it’s fitting that the sign will be there.