Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Michael Waldron died of massive chest injuries after his patrol car was struck head-on by an oncoming vehicle that had crossed the center line while rounding a curve at a high rate of speed. The impact caused the engines of both vehicles into their passenger compartments.
Patrolman Waldron had served with the Lagrange Police Department for one year.
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You barely got started.
Patrolman Waldron gave the LaGrange Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the LaGrange community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Waldron.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Michael Lee Waldron 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. Michael Lee Waldron's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Lee Waldron Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Lee Waldron is highlighted in Dec.