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LIVE: Tampa lights up blue to honor officer who died after veering into path of wrong-way driver to save others | WFLA

This man showed real courage and self-sacrifice in the line of duty!

Dugan said Officer Jesse Madsen, a father of three, was killed after he veered into oncoming traffic, likely to save other motorists from a wrong-way driver on Interstate 275. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. Tuesday and shut down I-275 in both directions for several hours.