The Date Palm Drive bridge over the Interstate 10 freeway will be renamed in honor of a California Highway Patrol officer who died nearly 25 years ago while on duty, according to CHP officials.
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The ceremony will be held Nov. 26, the day CHP Officer Mark Taylor died in 1987 along the eastbound side of the often busy freeway when he was struck by a moving vehicle while making a routine traffic stop.
The fatal incident happened west of the Date Palm Drive over crossing, a written CHP statement said.
The ceremony, open to the public, will take place at 11 a.m. at the CHP’s Indio Area Office, located at 79-650 Varner Road.
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