Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Robby Sumner was killed in a vehicle crash on Highway 62, one mile east of Meeker.
At 5:22 a.m., Corporal Sumner was driving an Oklahoma Department of Corrections van en route to the OU Medical Center when he and another vehicle collided. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, also a corrections officer, was transported to OU Medical Center and is in stable condition.
Corporal Sumner had served with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for eight months and was assigned to the John Lilley Correctional Center in Boley.
Survivors
He is survived by his expectant wife, son, father, mother, and six siblings.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Sumner served with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Sumner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Robert William Sumner 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 23.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Oklahoma Department of Corrections, 2 of 19 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 10.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert William Sumner's cause is highlighted.
How Robert William Sumner Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert William Sumner is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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