Escort for fallen Fremont County Deputy set for this afternoon
June 15th, 2022 by Ric Hanson
(Sidney, Iowa) – The Fremont County Sheriff’s Department reports an entourage of law enforcement personnel will be escorting the body of Deputy Austin “Melvin” Richardson from the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny, beginning at approximately 2-p.m. The escort will follow Interstate 80 to Interstate 29 south, to the Rash-Gude Funeral Home, in Hamburg. They will be entering Hamburg from the interstate and turn north on Main Street to the funeral home.
Authorities are asking the public to please not join the escort, but they are free to line the route and overpasses. A vehicle display is located at Fremont County Sheriff’s Office where the public can pay their respects. Any cards or mementos left will be given to the family. There is not, at this time, a verified Go Fund Me or other donation locations.
Deputy Richardson died Tuesday afternoon, when the SUV he was driving collided with a combine traveling on a narrow Highway 275, near 260th Street. His vehicle rolled multiple times before coming to rest on its left side. The driver of the combine was not injured.