Bridge dedicated to fallen VSP trooper, Va. Guard 1SG.
A Rockbridge County bridge on I-81 is dedicated July 14, 2014, at the Hines Memorial Armory in Lexington, Va., in honor of Master Trooper Jerry Hines, a Virginia State Police trooper killed in the line of duty Feb. 20, 1989, who also served as a first sergeant at the armory later named in his honor. Col. W. Steven Flaherty, superintendent for the Virginia State Police officiated the ceremony and Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds and Virginia state Delegate Ben Cline, who both sponsored the legislation to name the bridge in Hines’ honor, spoke at the ceremony, along with retired Maj. J.T. “Jimmy” Poole, Hines’ commander at the time of his death. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Bridge dedicated to fallen VSP trooper, Va. Guard 1SG.
A Rockbridge County bridge on I-81 is dedicated July 14, 2014, at the Hines Memorial Armory in Lexington, Va., in honor of Master Trooper Jerry Hines, a Virginia State Police trooper killed in the line of duty Feb. 20, 1989, who also served as a first sergeant at the armory later named in his honor. Col. W. Steven Flaherty, superintendent for the Virginia State Police officiated the ceremony and Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds and Virginia state Delegate Ben Cline, who both sponsored the legislation to name the bridge in Hines’ honor, spoke at the ceremony, along with retired Maj. J.T. “Jimmy” Poole, Hines’ commander at the time of his death. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)