Arrangements set for Osage Beach police officer who died in action

LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ)

Visitation and funeral arrangments were set Monday for an Osage Beach police officer who died over the weekend during a car chase.

Phylicia Carson died Saturday. According to a crash report, Carson crossed the middle of Route A east of Toronto Springs Park Road in Camden County during a pursuit when her patrol car began to skid, veered off the road, struck a tree and caught fire.

Visitation will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake Ozark. A funeral service will follow.

Carson is survived by her husband and six children.

According to a press release, Christopher Aaron Bishop Wehmeyer, 23, of Camdenton was charged with the Class A felony of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle, causing a death.

Wehmeyer's charges are based on the Valentine's Law that went into effect last week.

Legal documents have not been released in the case but the Camden County prosecutor said over the weekend that they would be available Tuesday.