Trooper Baldridge remembered

Carey Exempted Village School District Superintendent Mark Vehre said Friday that Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Andrew Baldridge had been living his dream before he was tragically killed Thursday evening outside of Carey.

No matter where you go in that town, everyone seems to have something good to say about Trooper Baldridge, who graduated from the high school in 2003.

Village residents said, simply put, he was a great person, the ideal role-model for kids with perfect manners, and he was on his way to being an amazing trooper.

Officer Baldridge was killed Thursday evening when he and Trooper Mark McLaughlin were responding to a mutual assist in Wyandot County. Their cruiser flipped over several times and trapped both of them.

Trooper Baldridge died at the scene while Trooper McLaughlin was air-lifted to Mercy St. Vincent in Toledo.

The American flag outside of Carey Schools flew at half staff Friday in memory of the 2003 graduate.

Superintendent Vehre knew Trooper Baldridge had a bright future ahead saying, even in his yearbook picture you could tell he was destined to be a state trooper.

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