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Police Officer

Lewis Andrew Traylor

Austin Police Department — Austin, TX

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch July 31, 2021

Age 37

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

The Vigil Panel 176 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 27

Incident

Police Officer Andy Traylor succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicle crash three days earlier while responding to an emergency call for service at about 2:10 am.

He was traveling on FM 969 when a tractor-trailer attempted to make a U-turn in front of him at Decker Lane. Officer Traylor was unable to avoid a collision and his patrol car became pinned beneath the trailer. He was extricated from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital. He remained on life support and passed away on July 31st, 2021, after his organs were donated.

Officer Traylor was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Austin Police Department for nine years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and five children.

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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.
Police Officer Traylor gave the Austin Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Austin 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

Department Austin Police Department

Type Other

Location Austin, TX

Platform Identity apd.travis.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 31, 2021

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Automobile crash

Military Service

Lewis Andrew Traylor served in the U.S. Navy (2002â2011) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Lewis Andrew Traylor 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 TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Austin Police Department, 12 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Austin Police Department

of 28 officers

42.9% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident