Despite fewer vehicles being on the roads during the pandemic, more people are being killed in crashes.
Drivers Tragically Killing More People in Crashes During Covid
MEMORIAL PAGE – Trooper Nolan J. Sanders, North Carolina SHP – 27 March, 2020
At approximately 7:17 pm on Friday, March 27, 2020, Trooper Nolan J. Sanders of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol was involved in a single vehicle crash while on duty in his assigned duty station of Troop C, District 2.
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MEMORIAL PAGE – Trooper Justin R. Schaffer, Washington State Patrol – March 24, 2020
Just before 4:00pm on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, Trooper Justin R. Schaffer of the Washington State Patrol was struck and killed by a fleeing driver while he was placing spike strips on the southbound side of Interstate 5 in Chehalis, WA, during a police pursuit.
MEMORIAL PAGE – Corporal Daniel Groves – Colorado State Patrol (2019)
About 11:20am on March 13, 2019, while out of his patrol car in a blizzard, Corporal Daniel Groves of the Colorado State Patrol was struck by a vehicle which was traveling too fast for conditions and slid off the road.
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MEMORIAL PAGE – NYSP Trooper Richard L. Weltz (1970)
On March 17, 1970, NYSP Trooper Richard L. Weltz, age 30, lost his life in a one-car crash when his vehicle left the road on Route 219 in Hamburg.
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Memorial Page – Officer Raymond Vincent O’Connor, CA (1958)
On March 8, 1958, Officer Raymond Vincent O’Connor, aged 30, of the California State Police, was killed in an automobile crash.
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MEMORIAL PAGE – NYSP Trooper Stanley C. Greene – 1936
Trooper Stanley C. Greene, 29, died on February 28, 1936, a few hours after his motorcycle struck the rear of a truck on the Albany-Schenectady Road.
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MEMORIAL PAGE – NYSP Trooper John J. Cahill – 90 years ago today
Our memorial pages at Road Safety USA exist to commemorate anybody who has been killed in a crash in the USA at any point in history since motor vehicles were first let loose on an unsuspecting public.
This is why, today, we honor the memory of New York State Police Trooper John J. Cahill who was killed exactly 90 years ago, on February 22, 1930, when he lost control of his motorcycle in Albany, NY.
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MEMORIAL PAGE – NYSP Trooper Nathaniel Burroughs (1997)
New York State Trooper Nathaniel Burroughs, aged 30, was fatally injured on February 14, 1997, while investigating a one-vehicle crash on Route 17 in the town of Mamakating, NY, during hazardous weather conditions.
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MEMORIAL PAGE – NYSP Trooper Richard T. Juna (1970)
Trooper Richard T. Juna, age 43, was killed in a traffic crash on February 8, 1970.
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