Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant William Huckaby was killed in a motorcycle crash while attempting to rescue three small children who had climbed onto a slow-moving freight train. As he followed the train down the right of way next to the track, he struck a guy wire which had been strung across the roadway at Nadeau Street in the Firestone Park area. He succumbed to his injuries four days later. Sergeant Huckaby had served with the California Highway Patrol for seven years.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Huckaby gave the California Highway Patrol 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Huckaby.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant William D. Huckaby 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At California Highway Patrol, 151 of 233 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 64.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William D. Huckaby's cause is highlighted.
How William D. Huckaby Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William D. Huckaby is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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