Reserve Deputy John Stahl
End of Watch: Sun, Jun 8th, 2025
Date of Incident: Mon, Jun 7th, 2004
Cause of Death: Motor Vehicle Accident (Response)
Service Time: 15 years
Age: 67
Survivors
His wife and sister
Incident
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Stahl succumbed to injuries he received in a single vehicle crash on June 7, 2004, around 10:20 p.m.
While responding to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle, Deputy Stahl lost control of his patrol vehicle, flipping a few times before his car burst into flames on Indiana State Road 7. A passing motorist pulled Deputy Stahl from his patrol car. He was airlifted to University Hospital in Kentucky and remained in a coma for a few weeks.
He suffered from traumatic brain injury, which resulted in a seizure disorder.
Reserve Deputy Stahl was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran.
Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.
Agency
317 South Walnut Street
Madison, Indiana 47250
(812) 265-2648
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