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On October 17, 1997, 26-year-old Officer Morgenroth was responding to assist on a stolen vehicle call. Enroute to the call, her patrol car collided with a pick-up truck at Marysville Boulevard and Del Paso Boulevard. Officer Morgenroth was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive the collision. A two-year veteran of the police department, Officer Morgenroth was the first female officer to be killed in the line of duty in the history of the Sacramento Police Department.