Traffic Light Offender Pursuit Leads To Deadly Crash For Police Officer

Traffic Light Offender Pursuit Leads To Deadly Crash For Police Officer

A police officer from Missouri, a mother of six, was killed in a high-speed after losing control of her patrol car while attempting a traffic stop…..CONTINUE READING 

Osage Beach police officer Phylicia Carson, 33, was patrolling early Sunday morning around 1:20 a.m. when she noticed a vehicle speeding on a rural road in Camden County, near the Lake of the Ozarks. Chief Todd Davis reported that Carson activated her lights and pursued the vehicle, but the driver fled.

During the pursuit, Carson lost control of her patrol car, which veered off the road and crashed into a tree, bursting into flames upon impact. “Officer Carson perished in the crash,” Chief Davis said, fighting back tears.

The suspect, 23-year-old Christopher Aaron Bishop Wehmeyer, crashed shortly after Carson while fleeing the scene and was subsequently arrested.

Carson, who joined the police department in June 2023, is survived by her husband, Grant Carson, and their six children.

Chief Davis urged the community to keep the Carson family, the department, and the local community in their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

Wehmeyer faces charges of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle, resulting in death, according to online records.

Carson’s death is the first line-of-duty loss for the Osage Beach police department in 30 years.