Officer Ralph A. Vargas

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Officer Ralph A. Vargas was patrolling in a residential area when his patrol motorcycle collided with an automobile that abruptly made a left turn in front of his motorcycle.

Vargas had no time to apply his brakes and crashed into the vehicle. The 26-year-old officer died just six hours after the accident.

Vargas had joined the Patrol just two-and-a-half years earlier.