Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Luke was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a traffic violator. He swerved to avoid several deer in the roadway and his cruiser went over an embankment and into the Sevier River. His body was found floating approximately 50 feet away from his partially submerged cruiser. Trooper Luke had served with the agency for 23 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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- August 2, 2026
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
23 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Luke gave the Utah Highway Patrol 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Utah. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Luke.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Armond A. Luke is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In UT, 49 of 138 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.5% of this state's fallen. That is 35.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Utah Highway Patrol, 9 of 16 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 56.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Armond A. Luke's cause is highlighted.
How Armond A. Luke Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Armond A. Luke is highlighted in Dec.
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