Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Lee Huffman succumbed to injuries he received when he was struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 31 W, five miles north of Elizabethtown, on May 4, 1953, at 4:30 p.m. He had just exited his police vehicle to help crash victims when a passing vehicle skidded on the wet road and struck him. He was transported to the United States Army Hospital in Fort Knox with head injuries. Trooper Huffman was a United States Army WWII veteran and had served with the Kentucky State Police for two years. He was survived by his wife, son, stepson, his parents, and a brother. He is buried at Zachary Taylor Cemetery in Louisville. KY 218 in Metcalfe County was designated the Trooper Lee T. Huffman Memorial Highway.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, stepson, his parents, and a brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Trooper Huffman gave the Kentucky State Police 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kentucky, 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
Lee Trebu Huffman served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Trooper Lee Trebu Huffman 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 KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 14.6 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At KY State Police, 16 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 55.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lee Trebu Huffman's cause is highlighted.
How Lee Trebu Huffman Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lee Trebu Huffman is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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