Timothy Evan Lowry
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Reserve Deputy Sheriff

Timothy Evan Lowry

Accident
End of Watch September 30, 2011
Age 56
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Reserve Deputies Tim Lowry and Mike Roberts were killed when their patrol car collided with a tractor trailer on State Highway 39, at about 6:50 pm, while serving warrants.

As they crested a hill they encountered a semi that had just made a U-turn. Their patrol car struck the duals of the trailer. Both deputies suffered massive head injuries as a result of the collision.

Deputy Lowry is survived by his wife, twin daughters, one son, mother, one sister, two brothers, six grandchildren, and a nephew.

Survivors

Deputy Lowry is survived by his wife, twin daughters, one son, mother, one sister, two brothers, six grandchildren, and a nephew.

In Our Keeping

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24 years. You could have gone home.
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Lowry gave the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Shawnee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Lowry.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Shawnee, OK
Platform Identity pcso.pottawatomie.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 30, 2011
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Age 56
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Timothy Evan Lowry 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office
5
of 7 officers
71.4% Accident
OK — Statewide
135
of 582 officers
23.2% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Evan Lowry's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Timothy Evan Lowry Compares

Age at End of Watch
56
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
24
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Evan Lowry is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location