Roughly 10 months ago Luwi Conrad Edmeade bought a home in Greenfield . The move from New Jersey would put him closer to his young son, giving them opportunities to build their relationship.
“He was a good dad,” said Tabitha Barnett, the mother of Edmeade’s 9-year-old son, Jaymz.
But for reasons still being investigated, those chances were cut short early Thursday morning. Edmeade, 41, was struck by a Hancock County deputy’s vehicle and did not survive.
Cumberland police and Hancock County deputies were responding at about 3:55 a.m. for a welfare check on a person lying in the roadway near U.S. 40 and County Road 600 West — between Cumberland and Greenfield.
As officers searched the highway in dense fog, a deputy struck Edmeade, who was in the travel lanes about a half mile east of County Road 600 West. He was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s unknown if Edmeade was dead when the deputy’s vehicle hit him. The New Palestine Police Department is leading the investigation and an autopsy is pending. The deputy involved has submitted to a blood draw and is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, which is standard procedure.