Eugene Allen

Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement — Springfield, IL

Accident

End of Watch November 17, 1972

Age 63

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Gender Male

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Incident

Inspector Eugene Allen and Inspector Loring Carr were killed in an automobile accident which occurred on Illinois Route 67 near Murrayville in Morgan County. Inspector Allen was driving Inspector Carr to pick up his state vehicle from a garage in Jacksonville where it was being repaired. As the inspectors were traveling northbound at approximately 8:15 am, their vehicle was struck head-on by another vehicle. Within seconds, a third car struck both vehicles, killing Inspector Carr and Inspector Allen.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector I Allen served with the Illinois Department of Conservation.
Thank you for your service to the Springfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector I Allen.

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

Agency

Department Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement

Location Springfield, IL

Platform Identity idcdlecons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 17, 1972

Age 63

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Inspector I Eugene Allen 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 IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement, 10 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 76.9% of this agency's fallen.

Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement

of 13 officers

76.9% Accident

IL — Statewide

354

of 1,318 officers

26.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident