DC police, community members say final goodbye to officer struck while helping stranded driver

Law enforcement officers and community members packed a Maryland church Friday morning for the funeral of D.C. police officer Terry Bennett, who was hit while helping a stuck driver in December.

At City of Praise Family Ministries in Landover, D.C. Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said Bennett didn’t “just serve this city. He gave his life for it.”

The service came exactly a month after police said Bennett was hit while helping a stranded motorist on Interstate 695.

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