DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Dayton Police Deparment and community are mourning this Sunday for an officer who died while on duty 45 years ago.
Officer Eddie L. Hobson, 28, died in a two-vehicle crash while driving to respond to a domestic disturbance call on Oct. 11, 1981.
Officials said a vehicle suddenly turned left in front of him, which caused Hobson to swerve, lose control of the cruiser and crash into a utility pole on James H. McGee Boulevard (named North Western Avenue at the time). Officer Hobson died on the scene from his injuries.
Prior to joining the Dayton Police Department Academy on Nov. 10, 1980, and being sworn in on Feb. 27, 1981, Hobson served in the U.S. Air Force in Guam. He was assigned to do street patrol in West Dayton…