Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Coleman Binion was killed after being struck by a truck at 10:25 pm. He was returning from taking inmates to the detention center when his patrol car began having mechanical problems. He parked the patrol car in a gravel lot and called another deputy to pick him up. He was struck by the truck as he started to cross U.S. 60 to wait at a convenience store. He was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries four hours later. Sheriff Binion was a United States Army Korean War veteran and had served with the Carter County Sheriff's Department for 12 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sheriff Binion gave the Carter County Sheriff's Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Grayson community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Coleman Binion served in the Army (1953â1955) before joining law enforcement.
Sheriff Coleman Binion 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 KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 14.6 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Coleman Binion's cause is highlighted.
How Coleman Binion Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Coleman Binion is highlighted in Sep.