On Friday, November 2, 1962 Deputy Walter Harvey, while enroute to Las Vegas, Nevada to pick up a prisoner lost control of his vehicle causing the car to overturn. The accident occurred on Highway 60, just one mile west of Springfield, Arizona. Deputy Harvey suffered extensive back injuries and died on November 5, 1962. Deputy Harvey was 50 years old at the time of his death and the 9th deputy to die in the line of duty.