Funeral Monday For Galt Officer Harminder Grewal, Killed In Highway 99 Crash

GALT (CBS13) — A memorial work volition beryllium held connected Monday for a Galt constabulary serviceman killed successful a clang connected Highway 99.

Officer Harminder Grewal was driving to assistance with the Caldor Fire successful El Dorado County past period with his spouse erstwhile their patrol car was deed head-on.

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His ceremonial volition beryllium held astatine 10 a.m. astatine Bayside Church successful Roseville, followed by a backstage procession to Galt. Roseville constabulary connected Sunday issued a postulation advisory saying important delays are to beryllium expected connected Galleria Boulevard and Stanford Ranch Road adjacent the religion betwixt 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Well-wishers are asked to enactment the streets astir the church.

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The U.S. Honor Flag, which honors the nation’s fallen heroes, volition alert during Grewal’s funeral. It arrived successful Sacramento connected Friday, met by members of the Placer County Sheriff’s Honor Guard.

This 1 emblem travels the state to grant constabulary officers, firefighters and archetypal responders who marque the eventual sacrifice.

“This emblem flew implicit 9/11 during the commercialized center—that’s wherever this emblem originated from,” said Sgt. Ty Conners with the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. “And from its inception, it’s been beauteous overmuch flying each implicit the federation trying to be each the constabulary officers and firefighters’ funerals passim the nation. So the lineage and past of it—now Galt PD is simply a portion of that.”

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Officer Grewal was a two-and-a-half-year seasoned with the Galt Police Department.

CBS13 Staff