Robert Edwards

Police Officer Robert Edwards was killed in an automobile crash while responding to a local hospital to assist his partner with a prisoner around 10:00 a.m. The two had arrested a woman following a disturbance and placed her in the back of a patrol car. The woman started banging her head on the inside of the car, causing injuries to herself. Officer Edwards' partner transported her to the hospital as Officer Edwards waited for a tow truck for the prisoner's car. When another officer arrived to take over, Officer Edwards responded to the hospital to assist his partner. As he entered an intersection, another car turned left in front of 3617 South Dixie Highway, causing a collision that knocked Officer Edwards' patrol car into a concrete light pole. Officer Edwards was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam veteran who had served with the West Palm Beach Police Department for four years and previously served with the Chesapeake (Virginia) Police Department for seven years.

He was survived by his wife, four children, brother, and mother.