Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Harvey O'Neill was killed in a motorcycle crash while pursuing a speeding vehicle on Monroe Street in Toledo. At 1:50 a.m., Patrolman O'Neill was attempting to stop a speeding Yellow Cab west on Monroe Street at Bancroft Street when a Ford V-8 turned left between the cab and Patrolman O'Neill's motorcycle. The motorcycle struck the Ford at an estimated 60 mph. The Ford driver admitted to having "one whiskey and two glasses of beer before the accident." However, witnesses testified that the driver did not appear intoxicated at the crash scene. A survey of the traffic light control later determined that the light at Bancroft and Monroe Streets was not working at the time of the collision. Patrolman O'Neill had served with the Toledo Police Department for six years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman O'Neill gave the Toledo Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Toledo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman O'Neill.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Harvey Lloyd "Inky" O'Neill 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Toledo Police Dept., 7 of 32 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harvey Lloyd "Inky" O'Neill's cause is highlighted.
How Harvey Lloyd "Inky" O'Neill Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harvey Lloyd "Inky" O'Neill is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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