Loring Carr
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Inspector

Loring Carr

Accident
End of Watch November 17, 1972
Age 66
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Gender Male

Incident

Inspector Loring Carr and Inspector Eugene Allen were killed in an automobile accident which occurred on Illinois Route 67 near Murrayville in Morgan County. Inspector Allen was driving Inspector Carr to pick up his state vehicle from a garage in Jacksonville where it was being repaired. As the inspectors were traveling northbound at approximately 8:15 am, their vehicle was struck head-on by another vehicle. Within seconds, a third car struck both vehicles, killing Inspector Carr and Inspector Allen.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Carr served with the Illinois Department of Conservation.
Thank you for your service to the Springfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Carr.

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

Agency

Location Springfield, IL
Platform Identity idcdlecons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 17, 1972
Age 66
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Inspector Loring Carr 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 IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement, 10 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 76.9% of this agency's fallen.

Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement
10
of 13 officers
76.9% Accident
IL — Statewide
354
of 1,318 officers
26.9% 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. Loring Carr'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 Loring Carr Compares

Age at End of Watch
66
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Loring Carr is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897