{"id":172969,"date":"2026-02-28T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172969\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:21:08","slug":"watch-live-coverage-of-florida-highway-patrol-troopers-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172969\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch live coverage of Florida Highway Patrol trooper&#8217;s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Florida Highway Patrol is honoring the life and service of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/florida-highway-patrol-trooper-dies-during-training-in-gadsden-county\/88754544007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trooper Michael Diego,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Trooper Michael Diego,<\/a> who tragically passed away in the line of duty on Feb. 18, with a video tribute and an online fundraiser to assist his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Diego died during a medical emergency while participating in a competitive process for the Patrol&#8217;s Criminal Interdiction Unit at the FHP Training Academy in Gadsden County. The tragedy occurred while Diego was participating in a &#8220;a competitive process for the Patrol\u2019s Criminal Interdiction Unit, being held at the FHP Training Academy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Video of funeral services for Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Diego<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstnaples.org\/live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:watch funeral services for Diego by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">watch funeral services for Diego by clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fundraiser for the family of Trooper Michael Diego raises more than $14,000<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Despite lifesaving efforts, he tragically passed away with his loved ones at his side at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital,&#8221; the Gofundme fundraiser states. &#8220;All proceeds will go directly to Diego\u2019s family to help them financially through this extremely difficult and painful process. Thank you for all the support during this difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Already, more than $14,000 has been raised toward a $16,000 goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fundraiser comes as the Florida Highway Patrol shared a solemn video of Diego&#8217;s casket being transported back home from Tallahassee to south Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;From the first mile to the last, Trooper Michael Diego\u2019s brothers and sisters in law enforcement were by his side,&#8221; the Florida Highway Patrol wrote in a post. &#8220;Thank you to all who helped honor him and bring home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You can find the GoFundMe at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-memory-of-trooper-michael-diegos-dedication\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-memory-of-trooper-michael-diegos-dedication;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-memory-of-trooper-michael-diegos-dedication<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/news\/state\/2026\/02\/28\/florida-highway-patrol-trooper-michael-diego-laid-to-rest\/88917960007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Funeral of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Diego live coverage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Funeral of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Diego live coverage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Highway Patrol is honoring the life and service of Trooper Michael Diego, who tragically passed away&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[81905,28,30,618,29,77304,82120,77395],"class_list":{"0":"post-172969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-fhp-training-academy","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-highway-patrol","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-michael-diego","14":"tag-the-patrol","15":"tag-trooper-michael-diego"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}