SANTAQUIN — The family of a Santaquin police officer who was killed in the line of duty is suing the truck driver accused of hitting and killing him, as well as the companies the man was working for at the time.

Sgt. Bill Hooser’s wife Kinda Hooser is suing Michael Jayne, Sierra Nevada Trucking LLC, Valley Fine Foods and five unnamed people in the wrongful death lawsuit filed Nov. 26.

On May 5, 2024, Hooser and a Utah Highway Patrol trooper stopped Jayne, who was driving an 18-wheeler semitruck, which the lawsuit states was owned by Sierra Nevada Trucking LLC and carrying a shipment for Valley Fine Foods.

According to court documents, as officers were preparing to arrest Jayne, he allegedly sped off , then quickly made a U-turn and drove directly at the officers, striking and killing Ho

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