Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Ruben Carbajal was killed in a single-vehicle crash. He was traveling down a road in his department's Ford Bronco when a pickup truck entered the roadway from a side road. Deputy Carbajal swerved to avoid hitting the pickup truck which caused the Bronco to flip over three times, ejecting him from the vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Deputy Carbajal had served with the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office for three years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Carbajal gave the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Las Cruces community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Carbajal.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Ruben Valles Carbajal Jr. 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 NM, 59 of 193 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.6% of this state's fallen. That is 30.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 10 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. Ruben Valles Carbajal Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Ruben Valles Carbajal Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ruben Valles Carbajal Jr. is highlighted in Aug.
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