Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Tommie Goggins, Correctional Officer Carlton Cherry, Correctional Officer Wayne Griglen, and Correctional Officer Eddie Davis were killed in an automobile crash while returning from an Emergency Response Team training class. As they were driving on I-75, six miles south of Tifton, a tractor-trailer forced them off of the road and directly into the path of two tractor-trailers heading in the opposite direction. Both semis struck the van simultaneously. Two of the officers were thrown from the van, and the rest were trapped inside. Eight other officers who were riding in the van were hospitalized. The driver of the semi that caused the crash was charged with several offenses, including four counts of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. Sergeant Goggins had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for 13 years and was assigned to the Rutledge Correctional Institution.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Goggins gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Goggins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Tommie Lee Goggins 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 GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Georgia Dept. of Corrections, 8 of 38 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Tommie Lee Goggins's cause is highlighted.
How Tommie Lee Goggins Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Tommie Lee Goggins is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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