Williamsburg, KS: Deputy killed on way to call

WILLIAMSBURG, KAN. |

Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Samuel A. Smith died late Friday after losing control of his patrol car while responding to a domestic violence call near Pomona.

The sheriff’s office said Smith, 22, was on California Road about four miles north of Williamsburg about 10 p.m. when he struck a tree head-on. The car caught fire.

Smith, of Ottawa, joined the department in November. “He was respected by his peers and will be missed,” Sheriff Jeffry Curry said.