Updated with Funeral Arrangements:
Funeral services will be held at W & L High School, Montross, Va. at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The family will receive friends prior to the services from 10 to 12 noon.
By Becky Robinette Wright
Photos courtesy of Virginia State Police
Virginia State PoliceTrooper Adam M. Bowen, 28, of Warsaw, Va., was killed instantly during a two-vehicle traffic crash Friday evening (June 24, 2011) in King George County. Two occupants of a Hyundai Elantra were injured and transported to a local hospital by King George EMS personnel.
Police say that at approximately 6:45 p.m. Friday (June 24, 2011), Trooper Bowen was responding to a call to assist a state police agent. The trooper was traveling westbound on Route 3/Kings Highway. As the trooper entered the intersection of Route 3 and Madison Drive, his marked Ford Crown Victoria patrol car collided with an eastbound Hyundai Elantra.
The impact forced the patrol car to run off the road and strike the traffic light pole. The patrol car split in half and the front end continued into a nearby parking lot where it struck three parked cars. Trooper Bowen died on the scene. He was wearing a seat belt.
The driver and a passenger in the Elantra suffered minor injuries in the crash. They were both transported by ambulance to Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg.
The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation, which is being conducted by the Virginia State Police Accident Reconstruction Team.
Trooper Bowen is a graduate of the 114th Basic Session. He graduated July 3, 2008, from the Virginia State Police Academy. Since graduation, he has been assigned to the Area 44 Office, which includes King George and Caroline counties. Prior to joining the state police, Trooper Bowen spent five years with the U.S. Air Force National Guard. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Trooper Bowen, a native of Warsaw, Va., is survived by a fiancé and his parents.
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My prayers go out to the family and the men and women of the Virginia State Police.
thoughts and prayers to his family and friends and state police
This is truly a tragic accident. Prayers to the family and fiance and the Virginia State Police.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. I hope everone will start show more respect for all the officers who put their lives on the line each day to keep us safe. God bless them all.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.PRAYERS ARE GOING OUT TO ALL STATE TROOPERS. VIRGINIA STARE TROOPER ARE THE BEST IN THE NATION. STAY SAFE TO ALL THIS HOLIDAY DRIVERS
What a dreadful tragedy to happen to this 28 year old young man! My heart goes out to his family and fiancee and my thoughts and prayers are with you.
May God keep the rest of the Virginia State Police and the Police anywhere else safe.
My prayers go out to this Troopers family. There is a special place for the men and women that do their best to preserve our way of life by placing themselves in harms way.
PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS IS SUCH A TRAGADY MAY GOD GIVE YOU THE COMFORT TO GO ON. GOD BLESS ALL OUR PROTECTORS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER TO PROTECT US EVERYDAY MY SONS ARE TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE.