Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Daniel Groves was struck and killed by a vehicle on I-76, near mile marker 47 west of Roggen, during a blizzard.
He was assisting a driver who had slid off the road when another vehicle traveling too fast for conditions also slid off the road and struck him at 11:20 AM. Corporal Groves was transported to Platte Valley Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
The driver pleaded guilty to failure to exercise due care when approaching a stationary vehicle, resulting in death. He was sentenced to eight and a half years of supervised probation, 850 hours of community service, and 90 days in jail.
Corporal Groves had served with the Colorado State Patrol for 12 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents, partner, and four siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Groves gave the Colorado State Patrol 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Groves.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Daniel H. Groves 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 CO, 101 of 360 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Colorado State Patrol, 19 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel H. Groves's cause is highlighted.
How Daniel H. Groves Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel H. Groves is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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