Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Phylicia Carson was killed in a vehicle crash at about 1:30 am while responding to assist another officer who was pursuing a vehicle.
Her patrol car left the roadway and struck a tree on Highway A near Toronto Springs Park Road. A Camden County Sheriff's Office deputy discovered her patrol car on fire in the tree line.
The driver of the vehicle that was being pursued crashed a short distance away and was taken into custody. He was charged with aggravated fleeing a stop, resulting in death.
Officer Carson had served with the Osage Beach Police Department for one year.
Survivors
She is survived by her husband and six children.
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- August 2, 2026
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Officer Carson gave the Osage Beach Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Osage Beach community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Carson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Officer Phylicia Carson 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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