Sergeant
Colin John ECKERT
YEAR OF DEATH
1970
JURISDICTION
Northern Territory
DETAILS OF DEATH
Sergeant Eckert joined the Northern Territory Police on 14 August 1962 and served at Alice Springs and Maranboy. The newly promoted Sergeant was returning from a prisoner escort to Darwin when he was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle near the King River south of Katherine. He died instantly from severe head and internal injuries.
