Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Texas Minter was killed as he drove to work on building the town's animal shelter. The patrol car Lieutenant Minter was driving slid on the icy pavement at the Grand Trunk Railroad Crossing at Colfax Street and was struck by an approaching train at 9:00 a.m. Lieutenant Minter had served with the Griffith Police Department for seven years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Minter gave the Griffith Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Griffith community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Minter.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Texas O. Minter 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 IN, 151 of 503 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Texas O. Minter's cause is highlighted.
How Texas O. Minter Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Texas O. Minter is highlighted in Dec.