Remembering Tpr. Winzenread on 28th anniversary of death

ISP Trooper was killed while helping stranded motorist

(NEW POINT, Ind.) – An Osgood native and law enforcement officer is being remembered on the anniversary of his passing. 

Indiana State Police Trooper Andrew Winzenread was patrolling I-74 near New Point on April 25, 1997. 

He came across a stranded driver who had ran out of gas. 

Winzenread stopped to help the driver and that is when he was struck and killed by a semi. 

The stranded motorist was also struck but escaped with minor injuries. 

Winzenread was 26-years-old and was survived by his wife and 1-month-old daughter. 

He had served with the Indiana State Police for two years and was assigned to the Versailles Post. 

In 2009, I-74 near New Point was dedicated as the Trooper Andrew P. Winzenread Memorial Highway in his honor.