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Arapahoe County Deputy To Be Released From Hospital

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — An Arapahoe County Sheriff's deputy will be released from the hospital in three weeks. He remained in intensive care for 17 days after he was injured in a collision while responding to a fatal stabbing.

Deputy Bill Foreman Jr. still faces a long recovery after the Feb. 10 crash. He is getting married on Saturday.

Bill Foreman Jr.
Deputy Bill Foreman, Jr. (credit: Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office)

Foreman was responding to a report that a 6-year-old boy had been stabbed to death. Authorities say Foreman's patrol car was hit by a turning vehicle.

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He nearly died in the crash.

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