Norbert E. Tuck
Sheriff

Norbert E. Tuck

Accident
End of Watch February 15, 1961
Age 62
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sheriff Norbert Tuck was killed when his car was struck by a freight train on Highway 30 in Toledo, Iowa as he extradited a prisoner back to Wyoming from Georgia.

He attempted to stop as the signals started flashing, but his vehicle skidded into the path of the train. The impact threw the vehicle into a signal pole and an adjacent ditch. He suffered fatal injuries in the collision and his prisoner suffered minor injuries.

Sheriff Tuck had served as the Laramie County sheriff for 22 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and five children.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

22 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Tuck gave the Laramie County Sheriff's Office 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Cheyenne community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Tuck.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Cheyenne, WY
Platform Identity lcso.laramie.wy.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 15, 1961
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 62
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sheriff Norbert E. Tuck 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 WY, 17 of 63 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Laramie County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Laramie County Sheriff's Dept.
2
of 5 officers
40% Accident
WY — Statewide
17
of 63 officers
27% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Norbert E. Tuck's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Norbert E. Tuck Compares

Age at End of Watch
62
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
22
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Norbert E. Tuck is highlighted in Feb.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location