October 9, 2005, is a day the Redding family says they'll never forget.

That morning, Rocklin Police Officer Matt Redding was placing traffic cones along Highway 65 as part of a traffic stop. A pickup truck came barreling toward him. He tried to jump out of the way, but was hit and killed.

"I opened the door, and Lieutenant Dave Johnstone was standing there," said Matt's mother, Marilyn Redding. "He said, 'Matt's been hurt and you need to get ready as soon as possible. I need to take you to the hospital.'"

Matt's father, John Redding, still remembers seeing his son at the hospital that morning.

"He looked like he could just get up and say, 'Dad, I'm going to be OK,'" he said. "And he was just gone."

The driver who struck Redding was later convicted of second-degree murder and sentence

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