Bill John Yanich

Special Deputy Bill Yanich was killed in an automobile crash while on patrol in Indiana 10, about one-fifth mile west of Route 41, in Lake Village. He was riding in the patrol car driven by another deputy sheriff when it was struck on the passenger side by a vehicle whose driver was under the influence of alcohol. The other deputy was seriously injured. The 22-year-old driver of the other car and his 24-year-old brother were critically injured. Special Deputy Yanich was a United States Marine Corps Korean War veteran and had served with the Newton County Sheriff's Department for one year.