The Centerville Police Department is mourning the death of one of its officers, who succumbed to injuries suffered in an off-duty motorcycle accident on Sept. 23.
Jason Read, 40, “unexpectedly passed away” Tuesday at Mackay-Dee Hospital, according to Centerville Police. He was airlifted there when he was struck by a car while riding his personal motorcycle on Antelope Drive near 2200 West.
Read, a married father of three, joined the Centerville Police Department in 2005. He served as a K-9 officer for three years and was also assigned to the problem-oriented policing unit, working on a variety of community crime related issues.