Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Joseph Gioia was killed after being run over by a fire truck that was leaving the fire station shortly after midnight.
He was patrolling near the fire station when he saw a large amount of smoke coming from a nearby building. After calling in the fire, he ran to the fire station and attempted to board the fire truck as it pulled out of the station. He slipped and fell beneath the rear of the wheels of the truck and was crushed as it continued towards the fire.
Patrolman Gioia was transported to Buhl Hospital in Sharon, where he succumbed to his injuries two hours later.
Patrolman Gioia had served with the Farrell City Police Department for five months.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, father, and sister.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Gioia served with the Farrell City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Farrell community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Gioia.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Joseph Gioia is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 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 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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