End of Watch: Detective Deidre Mengedoht
Detective Deidre Mengedoht
Louisville Metro Police Department, Kentucky
End of Watch Monday, December 24, 2018
BIO:
Age 32
Tour 7 years
Badge Not available
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Vehicular assault
Weapon Automobile; Narcotics involved
Offender Charged with murder
Detective Deidre Mengedoht was killed when her patrol car was struck by an impaired driver while conducting a traffic stop on I-64, between 4th Street and 6th Street, in downtown Louisville just after 2:00 pm.
Her vehicle was stopped in the right lane with its emergency equipment activated when it was struck from behind by a Metropolitan Sewer District tractor-trailer. The patrol car was pushed into the vehicle she had stopped and became engulfed in flames with Detective Mengedoht trapped inside.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was charged with driving under the influence and murder of a law enforcement officer.
Detective Mengedoght had served with the Louisville Metro Police Department for seven years. She is survived by a young son.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Chief of Police Steve Conrad
Louisville Metro Police Department
633 West Jefferson Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (502) 574-7060
