It turns out a man killed in a motocycle collision in Elkhart was a retired veteran officer with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department.
61 year-old Gerald “Jerry” Webb worked as an officer of the law for 37 years before retiring in 2006.
The crash happened Saturday, around 4:30 pm, at the intersection of County Road 6 and Emerson Drive.
Webb was operating the motorcycle. A passenger on the motorcycle was taken to Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.
The two people in the vehicle involved in the crash were not injured.
Webb worked as a jail captain, jail sergeant, patrol officer and corrections officer during his time with the department. He even continued as a corrections officer after his retirement.
The Elkhart Police Department’s investigation of the crash continues.
