Today October 9th, a portion of Interstate 4 between the 36 and 44 mileposts in Polk County will be renamed in remembrance of fallen Florida Highway Patrol Trooper John C. Hagerty.
Trooper Hagerty was a member of the Florida Highway Patrol who served the citizens of Florida for 13 years. His career with FHP began October 15, 1956, as a member of the 15th Recruit Class in Tallahassee. His duty stations included Frostproof, Punta Gorda, Stuart and Orlando. On March 18, 1970, while piloting an FHP traffic aircraft over Interstate 4 near Lakeland, Trooper Hagerty, 44, was struck by a low-flying military aircraft and suffered fatal injuries.
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