Family, friends gather to remember Cincinnati-area officer killed in crash

SPRINGFIELD TWP., HAMILTON COUNTY — Family and friends gathered Thursday at a funeral held for a Cincinnati-area officer killed in a car crash on March 31.

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Springfield Twp. Officer Tim Unwin, 31, was remembered at Spring Grove Funeral Home and a procession went from the funeral home to The Arlington Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Cincinnati, according to our news partner WCPO.

Unwin was a two-year veteran of the department.

A second driver, identified as William Dunson, 50, of Cincinnati, was also killed in the crash, according to police and the coroner’s office.

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Friends, family and colleagues from multiple police departments gathered Thursday to remember Unwin.

“As we leave here today, let’s honor Tim in the way he lived his life: by making people better,” said Rick Bley, Springfield Township Police Chief.

Everyone who spoke Thursday remembered Unwin’s police service of four years and how much they loved him as a colleague and friend, WCPO reported.

“Tim, we saw you in that rainbow over the PD last Friday, when you died,” said Bley. “We heard your thunder (Wednesday) yesterday at church. We get it. We know you love us, and we love you too,” said Bley. “But rest easy, because we all got this.”

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Members of Dunson’s family were also in attendance Thursday, WCPO said.

Dunson’s funeral will be held on April 15.

The Springfield Township Police is raising money for Dunson’s funeral costs.

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