Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Owen Evans was killed in a vehicle crash on the Smackover Highway near El Dorado.
He and the chief deputy were returning from an official trip to Pine Bluff when their vehicle left the roadway and overturned twice as it went down an embankment. Deputy Evans was ejected from the vehicle and suffered fatal injuries.
Deputy Evans was survived by his daughter.
Survivors
Deputy Evans was survived by his daughter.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Evans served with the Union County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the El Dorado community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Evans.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Owen Edwin Evans 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 AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Owen Edwin Evans's cause is highlighted.
How Owen Edwin Evans Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Owen Edwin Evans is highlighted in Aug.