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Trooper

Nicholas P. Cayton

Ohio State Highway Patrol — Columbus, OH

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch October 16, 2025

Age 40

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

The Vigil Panel 184 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 41

Incident

Trooper Nicky Cayton was struck and killed by the driver of a Mack truck on the northbound lane of Route 11 in Canfield around noon.

Trooper Cayton responded to a disabled tractor-trailer and was in his patrol cruiser with lights activated when the truck hit him. His vehicle was pushed into the disabled tractor-trailer. Trooper Cayton was killed at the scene. The driver of the disabled tractor-trailer was transported to the hospital.

The driver of the Mack truck was not injured.

Trooper Cayton was an Ohio Army National Guard veteran and had served with the Ohio State Highway Patrol for 13 years. In 2022, he was named Ohio Trooper of the Year.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, son, daughter, mother, and father.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Trooper Cayton gave the Ohio State Highway Patrol 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Ohio. 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 Ohio State Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity oshp.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 16, 2025

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Nicholas P. Cayton served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Nicholas P. Cayton 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 32.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Ohio State Highway Patrol, 33 of 42 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 78.6% of this agency's fallen.

Ohio State Highway Patrol

of 42 officers

78.6% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident