Funeral escort for Fremont County Deputy Austin “Melvin” Richardson
June 15th, 2022 by Ric Hanson
Atlantic Fire, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies, Atlantic Police, Cass County EMS personnel stand in honor under Old Glory above I-80 westbound at Exit 57, north of Atlantic, while a procession of law enforcement escorts Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Richardson from the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny, to a funeral home in Hamburg. The Deputy died Tuesday, June 14th, in a collision between the SUV he was driving, and a combine. The accident took place on a narrow two-lane highway in Fremont County.