End of Watch:
September 24, 1987
Age: 26
Emery County Sheriff’s Office
Accidental: Vehicle Accident
Deputy Wade A. Hansen was killed in a traffic crash on Highway 6, approximately 25 miles west of Green River.
Shortly before 7:00 a.m., Deputy Hansen was finishing a graveyard shift when he crossed the centerline of the highway and collided head-on with a semi-truck. The driver of the truck was not injured. Deputy Hansen was killed instantly. He was married and the father of two children and is buried in Huntington City Cemetery.
The bronze memorial name plaque of Deputy Wade A. Hansen is sponsored by the Emery County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Care Fund.