Roll of Honor
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.
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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
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Norbert E. Tuck 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 WY, 17 of 63 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 27 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Laramie County Sheriff's Department, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Norbert E. Tuck's cause is highlighted.
How Norbert E. Tuck Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Norbert E. Tuck is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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