New dog park memorializes fallen deputy
Hillsborough County now has a permanent reminder of and memorial to a deputy who died in the line of duty – saving the life of another. Last year, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy John Kotfila, Jr. was hit and killed by a wrong-way driver on the Selmon Expressway. Deputy Kotfila swerved into the path of a wrong-way driver in order to shield another car from the oncoming danger. Since the crash, the expressway has been a place his family has avoided.