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Have You Seen the McCarthy Plaque in Front of Dale Street School?
To date, Sgt. Daniel McCarthy is only Medfield police officer to lose his life in the line of duty.
Have you seen this plaque in front of Dale Street School?
It was placed there in memory of Sgt. Daniel J. McCarthy who spent many hours in the school as the town's DARE officer.
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On September 21, 2000, McCarthy, who had been on the job for almost four years, was struck and killed by a motorist while he was directing traffic in Millis.
He was 38 years old and the father of five children.
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According to Town Historian Richard DeSorgher:
Sergeant McCarthy of the Medfield MA Police Department was working a detail at a road construction site when a speeding motorist, driving a pickup truck, ran through the barricades and the officer's vehicle before striking the officer. He was pronounced dead at the scene moments later.
McCarthy was Medfield's first (and, to date, only) officer lost “in the line of duty.”
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