TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – A 20-year veteran of the Tampa Police Department has died following an off-duty motorcycle crash.
The department says Officer Howard Gimbel died Saturday at a local hospital. He was 52.
His wife, Tonya, also was injured in the crash and she was in a stable condition at a hospital.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of the crash.
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