Jan 7, 2008 11:03 am US/Eastern
MDTA Officer Laid To Rest
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
Family and friends remember a fallen officer struck and killed New Year's Eve.
Mary Bubala reports the investigation into his death continues as family members lay him to rest Monday.
Corporal Courtney Brooks, who worked for the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, was killed less than a week ago, and now those who knew him well gather to honor and remember him.
Brooks was struck and killed on I-95. Early Tuesday, police found the SUV they say was involved at a Cecil County truck stop.
Police checked MVA records and learned the SUV is registered to Kerri King of Elkton. Police say King was wanted on an entirely unrelated traffic charge. They arrested King on her outstanding warrant.
Eyewitness News was there when the 35-year-old Elkton resident was taken to the Cecil County courthouse. Bail was set at $1,000 for failing to appear in court in November on a drunk driving charge.
"It was determined that Kerri King had an outstanding warrant for DUI from an arrest made by this agency in September of this year, that is September of 2007," Chief Marcus Brown of the MDTA police said.
Police say they still haven't charged anyone in the officer's death, and don't know who was behind the wheel the night of the crash.
Nationwide, more officers were killed in traffic accidents in 2007 than any other year.
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