Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Officer Hugh Goring was struck and killed by a train near the William Street crossing in the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern rail yards in Buffalo, New York, at about 3:30 pm.
He was making his last rounds of the day when he attempted to cross a set of tracks between two rail cars not realizing that a locomotive was shunting cars on the track to make a coupling. He was crushed between the two rail cars.
Officer Goring was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department for five months.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children from a previous marriage.
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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.
Special Officer Goring served with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Thank you 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
Hugh A. Goring served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Special Officer Hugh A. Goring is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 26.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department, 5 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hugh A. Goring's cause is highlighted.
How Hugh A. Goring Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Hugh A. Goring is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Military Service
Hugh A. Goring served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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Others Who Wore This Badge
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