Roll of Honor
Incident
Traffic Officer Theodore Svenson succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle crash on Boston Pike, present-day Route 1, in front of the Colonial Farm Inn, in Plainville.
Officer Svenson was attempting to stop the driver of a speeding vehicle when the car swerved and struck the front of his motorcycle. He was thrown to the street and sustained a fractured skull and broken neck. He was transported to Sayles Memorial Hospital in Rhode Island, where he passed away four days later.
The driver did not stop but was apprehended in North Attleboro and charged with operating an automobile without a license.
Officer Svenson had served with the Wrentham Police Department for 12 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Traffic Officer Svenson gave the Wrentham Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Wrentham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Traffic Officer Svenson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Traffic Officer Nels Theodore Svenson 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 33.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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