Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Clark Simpson was killed when his patrol car was struck from behind by a tractor trailer on I-40 as he was completing a traffic stop. He had pulled over a tractor trailer for speeding and had issued the driver a summons. Trooper Simpson remained behind the truck with his lights activated as it accelerated on the shoulder to pull into the travel lane. As Trooper Simpson pulled into the travel lane behind the truck another tractor trailer rear-ended his patrol car. Trooper Simpson had only served with the Arkansas Highway Patrol for seven months.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Simpson served with the Arkansas State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arkansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Simpson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Clark Kent Simpson 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 AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Arkansas State Police, 15 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 65.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clark Kent Simpson's cause is highlighted.
How Clark Kent Simpson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Clark Kent Simpson is highlighted in Feb.
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