Constable 1st Class
Mark Joseph KOHUTEK
YEAR OF DEATH
1982
JURISDICTION
New South Wales
DETAILS OF DEATH
About 5pm on 4 March 1982 Constable Kohutek was riding a Police solo motor cycle along the Expressway between Newcastle and Sydney. As he was negotiating a sweeping bend the Constable lost control of the cycle and crashed into a rock median strip. As a result Constable Kohutek sustained severe head and internal injuries and died a short time later. The Constable was born in 1957 and joined the New South Wales Police Force as a Cadet on 8 July 1974. He was sworn in on 3 October 1976. At the time of his death he was attached to the Traffic Branch.