A Hamilton County deputy died from injuries suffered in a collision, according to a press release from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
Landon Faulkner was 24 years old. He crashed Wednesday into a disabled vehicle in a travel lane on Highway 111 and was transported to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Faulkner graduated from the Knoxville Police Department’s Explore Cadet program in 2017. He went on to work as a deputy and corrections deputy in Grundy County for nearly three year before joining the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in 2022.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.