Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Hugh McCann succumbed to injuries three days earlier when he was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic at Roosevelt Boulevard and Rising Sun Avenue. He was directing traffic for a convoy of Army vehicles that rolled through Philadelphia on its way to Fort Dix. He was struck by an auto driven by a man who said he had become confused in the traffic. Captain McCann had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 28 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, three sons, and five daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
28 years. You could have gone home.
Captain McCann gave the Philadelphia Police Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain McCann.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Hugh Francis McCann 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 Philadelphia Police Department, 110 of 378 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hugh Francis McCann's cause is highlighted.
How Hugh Francis McCann Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Hugh Francis McCann is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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