OSAGE COUNTY — The Department of Public Safety's report about the death of an Osage County captain says a 14-year-old was driving the car.
Captain William "Willy" Hargraves died Friday morning while on his way to work. The DPS crash report says Hargraves' truck was hit by a Lexus being driven by a 14-year old. The driver's name is not being released. The teen is from Kansas. The truck then hit a utility pole. The Lexus then hit a 3rd car. No one in the Lexus or the 3rd car was injured. The crash is still under investigation.
It happened around 8 a.m. on eastbound US-60. All eastbound lanes were diverted onto northbound OK-18 while crews worked the scene.
Hargraves was first hired in 1998 as a jailer. In 2000 he was promoted to Field Deputy, then in 2003, he was promoted to K-9 Handler. He worked on drug interdiction and drug detection for the public schools within Osage County with his K-9 Jasmine.
In 2004 he was promoted to Patrol Sergeant overseeing the supervision of patrol shifts while still working with K-9 Jasmine. A few years later, he was promoted again to Patrol Lieutenant. In 2020 he was promoted to Jail Lieutenant and one year later he was promoted to Jail Administrator/Captain.
Hargraves was recently promoted to Captain of Investigations.
To help the family through tough times, the Osage County Sheriff's Office created a fundraiser where every dollar profited on the sale of shirts will go directly to the family.
Information about the fundraiser and shirt can be found here.
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