JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KFGO NEWS DAKOTA) – The North Dakota Troopers Association dedicated a new headstone to fallen officer Beryl McLane on Monday.
Trooper McLane is the only North Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper to be killed in the line of duty. He was killed in a crash near LaMoure on Friday, July 30, 1954 when his patrol car was struck head-on by a drunk driver on the wrong side of the road traveling at a high rate of speed.
McLane had served the patrol for 13 years.
Trooper’s Association President Steve Mayer vowed that at least one trooper will visit the gravesite every July 30. The headstone was purchased by the association and an anonymous donor. The ceremony was held at Highland Home Cemetary in Jamestown.
