Officer Samuel D. Hicks

Samuel D. Hicks

Officer Samuel Hicks was struck and killed by a drunk driver while making a traffic stop at the intersection of NW 1st Avenue and NW 17th Street.

He and another officer were standing alongside the road questioning four occupants of a vehicle that they had just stopped when he was hit by a speeding two-ton truck operated by the drunk driver.

On October 2, 1936, the driver, 25, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 5 years.

Officer Hicks had served with the Miami Police Department for 11 years.