Bernard C. Hill

Kansas Highway Patrol — Topeka, KS

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch May 28, 1967

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Badge 71

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Gender Male

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Incident

Lieutenant Bernard Hill was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car was struck by a vehicle that had crossed the center median of the Kansas Turnpike, near Andover. The vehicle had been towing a trailer that jackknifed on the slick road surface and broke free. Both the vehicle and the trailer crossed the median and the vehicle struck Lieutenant Hill's patrol car head-on. trailer that had broken free from another vehicle driving in the opposite direction. The passenger of the other vehicle was killed and the driver was seriously injured. Lieutenant Hill had served with the agency for 21 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

21 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Hill gave the Kansas Highway Patrol 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Hill.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Kansas Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Topeka, KS

Platform Identity khp.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 28, 1967

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Badge Number 71

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Bernard C. Hill served in the U.S. Army Air Forces (1942â1946) before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant Bernard C. Hill 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 KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 19.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Kansas Highway Patrol, 5 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.

Kansas Highway Patrol

of 11 officers

45.5% Accident

KS — Statewide

of 335 officers

19.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident