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Associated Press - May 3, 2009 6:05 AM ET
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Three Oklahoma law enforcement officers who died in on-duty traffic accidents last year will be included on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, but a fourth man won't.
David Lippe of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial says Chickasaw Lighthorse officer Robert P. Flickinger has been excluded because the memorial concluded his accident near Madill happened because he was passing in a no-passing lane.
Lippe says state memorial officials don't like the idea of leaving Flickinger off the national memorial and says he will continued to be honored in Oklahoma.
In two other instances, one Oklahoma officer may have been at fault in the fatal collisions.
Latimer County Deputy Dustin Duncan was headed home on a Le Flore County highway when his patrol car crossed over into oncoming traffic and collided with another vehicle.
Flickinger's mother, Gloria, said it bothers her that national memorial officials won't recognize her son's sacrifice, but adds she can live with it because she knows her son was a hero.
Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com
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