Bell County Deputy Sheriff Killed On Duty

A Bell County Sheriff's deputy is dead after getting hit on I-35 during a stolen vehicle chase. John Rhoden died early yesterday when he was hit by an 18-wheeler while placing spike strips on a stretch of I-35 between Killeen and Temple. He was trying to stop a driver of a stolen vehicle out of Williamson County at the time. He had served with the Bell County Sheriff's Office for ten years.

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