Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Bruce Rankin was killed when his unmarked cruiser was struck by a tractor-trailer during a heavy rainstorm at 9;30 am. The tractor-trailer jumped across the median of Route 119 in Greensburg when the driver braked to avoid crashing into another vehicle. Trooper Rankin was traveling south and was hit head-on by the tractor-trailer. He was pinned in the wreckage of his cruiser for over thirty minutes. He was pronounced dead at the Westmoreland Hospital. Trooper Rankin had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for two years, assigned to Troop A in Greensburg.
Survivors
He was survived by his fiancee, parents, and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Rankin gave the Pennsylvania State Police 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Rankin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Bruce Clark Rankin is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Pennsylvania State Police, 42 of 87 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bruce Clark Rankin's cause is highlighted.
How Bruce Clark Rankin Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Bruce Clark Rankin is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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