Deputy Sheriff Lyle Ward
Missoula County Sheriff's Department
Deputy Ward was killed in a motorcycle accident while attempting to overtake a car on Highway 200. He was attempting to pull a vehicle over when his motorcycle hit sand in the roadway, causing it to go out of control. Deputy Ward had been hired only ten days earlier, because of his motorcycle experience, to combat speeders on county highways. His daughter, mother, sister, and brother survived him.
- End of Watch:
- March 26, 1934
