Published on Tuesday, October 3, 2006
in the Central Florida News 13

State Trooper Remembered

A somber scene in Volusia County as friends, family, and colleagues remember a fallen trooper.

It's been two years since Trooper Daryl Haywood died after his car spun out of control while pursing a speeding motorcycle on I-4 in Daytona Beach.

Yesterday the entrance ramp to westbound Interstate 4 just west of International Speedway Boulevard, was renamed the Trooper Daryl Haywood Highway.

His widow, Linda said, "I hope that when people see this sign that they slow down, and I hope that they obey all the traffic laws and travel this road safely. No one leaves their home in the morning and expects not to come back home."

Haywood's son, Trooper Daryl Haywood, Jr. was on hand for the ceremony. He too was involved in an accident that almost killed him. He was hit while pulling a driver over in south Florida.