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The family of Sgt. Bill Hooser filed a lawsuit on Nov. 26.

They are suing Michael Jayne, Sierra Nevada Trucking, LLC and Valley Fine Foods.

The lawsuit claims wrongful death negligence and seeks $300,000 in damages.

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

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