Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Johnny Scarberough was killed when his cruiser was struck by a tractor-trailer while he was sitting in it on the shoulder of I-30 near Benton, Arkansas. He had stopped a vehicle and was waiting for backup to arrive so they could perform a drug search when his cruiser was struck. The driver of the vehicle he had pulled over was sitting in the passenger seat of the cruiser when the accident occurred but was only injured. The driver of the semi was found not guilty of manslaughter and negligent homicide. Corporal Scarberough had served with the Arkansas State Police for 22 years and had been involved with many of the state's largest drug seizures.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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22 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Scarberough gave the Arkansas State Police 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arkansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Scarberough.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal John Mack Scarberough 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. John Mack Scarberough's cause is highlighted.
How John Mack Scarberough Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Mack Scarberough is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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