Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Hudson was killed when his automobile skidded and crashed on a wet highway during a vehicle pursuit on Highway 78 around 2:00 p.m. Patrolman Hudson and his partner were patrolling when a truck zoomed past heading recklessly in the opposite direction. His partner turned the car around and sped after it, hoping to pull the driver over before it caused an accident. It was a narrow and winding road, slick with rain. The driver of the truck, seeing the flashing lights, sped up to evade them. Focused on the speeding truck, the officer never saw the deep, rain-filled pothole. The impact jarred the car, and he hit the brakes, which locked up on the slick pavement. The patrol car ran off the road and flipped several times. Patrolman Hudson was thrown from the vehicle and killed instantly. The other officer was injured but survived. The truck sped off in the rain. Patrolman Hudson had been appointed to the Alabama Department of Public Safety three months earlier.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, three brothers, and three sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Hudson served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Hudson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Arvil O. Hudson 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 AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Alabama Department of Public Safety, 21 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 72.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arvil O. Hudson's cause is highlighted.
How Arvil O. Hudson Compares
Offender Outcome
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When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Arvil O. Hudson is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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