Incident
Patrolman Sam Webb succumbed to injuries he received in an automobile crash while responding to a fire on April 12, 1929. A vehicle had pulled out of the way of a fire truck but pulled back into the travel lane in front of Patrolman Webb's patrol car at Broad Street and Gaston Street in Savannah. He was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital with a broken back and paralysis. He passed away two days later. Patrolman Webb was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Savannah Police Department for seven years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Webb gave the Savannah Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Savannah community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Samuel Marion Webb, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman Samuel Marion Webb, Sr. 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%.
At Savannah Police Dept., 9 of 31 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel Marion Webb, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Samuel Marion Webb, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel Marion Webb, Sr. is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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