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Maryland Department of State Police

Trooper First Class Joseph T. Lanzi, Sr.

Lanzi, Sr., Joseph T.

Trooper First Class | End of Watch: 10/28/1995

End of Watch: 10/28/1995
Age: 37
Years of Service: 5
Cause of Death: Automobile Accident
National Memorial Panel: 35-W: 20

Trooper First Class Lanzi was responding to a call for help from a Cecil County sheriff's deputy. The deputy had called for backup due to a man with a gun at the scene of an impaired driving crash on Route 238. Trooper First Class Lanzi was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Route 213 near Town Point Road about seven miles south of Elkton. His patrol vehicle veered off the roadway during a downpour and hit a tree.​