Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Fred Krueger was killed in a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Lombard Avenue and Ontario Street while responding to a fire. He and another motorcycle officer were at the Augusta Fire House when an alarm sounded for a fire near Austin Boulevard and Lake Street. The officers led a fire truck from the station south on Lombard Avenue. A ''chemical fire patrol car'' was also dispatched from the Municipal Building at 655 Lake Street. The motorcycle officer in the lead had just passed Ontario Street southbound when Sergeant Krueger and the chemical car, traveling eastbound on Ontario Street, entered the intersection at the same time. Sergeant Krueger attempted to take evasive action as he entered the intersection. At the coroner's inquest, one witness stated that Sergeant Krueger ''saw that he could not turn into Ontario. The oiled surface told him that he would skid so he took a chance and tried to beat the chemical car across Ontario.'' Sergeant Krueger was struck and thrown off his motorcycle, landing on the sidewalk on the north side of Ontario Street, approximately 50 feet east of Lombard Avenue. Sergeant Krueger had served with the Oak Park Police Department for 11 years. He was survived by his wife and three children. Under a newly enacted law, his family was awarded a police pension of $70 per month, representing half his pay. Sergeant Krueger was buried at Forest Home Cemetery.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Krueger gave the Oak Park Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oak Park community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Krueger.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Fred M. Krueger is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 26.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Oak Park Police Department, 4 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Fred M. Krueger's cause is highlighted.
How Fred M. Krueger Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Fred M. Krueger is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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