Florida Highway Patrol is honoring Trooper Michael Diego, who died on Wednesday after suffering a medical emergency while at the FHP Training Academy.
FHP said Trooper Diego was “participating in a competitive process for the Patrol’s Criminal Interdiction Unit” when the medical emergency happened, and while efforts were made to save his life, he died at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
He was escorted from Tallahassee to his home in Fort Myers on Thursday night, where law enforcement officers from across the state welcomed him…