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Police Chief

Herschel H. Hutchings

Trenton Police Department — Trenton, GA

Accident

End of Watch February 18, 1968

Age 64

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Police Chief Herschel Hutchings was struck and killed by a vehicle while assisting a Georgia State Patrol trooper investigate an accident on Highway 11, just north of the Alabama state line.

They were conducting a measurement in the southbound lane when Chief Hutchings stepped back into the path of a vehicle in the northbound lane. Chief Hutchings was transported to Erlanger Hospital, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Chief Hutchings had served as police chief for 18 years and also served as a Dade County constable.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, and grandson.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Chief Hutchings gave the Trenton Police Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Trenton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Chief Hutchings.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Trenton Police Department

Location Trenton, GA

Platform Identity tpd.dade.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 18, 1968

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Age 64

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Chief Herschel H. Hutchings 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 GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Trenton Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Herschel H. Hutchings's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Herschel H. Hutchings Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service