Roll of Honor
Incident
Commissioner Ray Franklin succumbed to injuries sustained eight days earlier when he was involved in an automobile accident on I-64 in Frankfort, Kentucky.
His vehicle went out of control and crashed due to the freezing road surface as a result of a winter storm. He was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injuries eight days later.
Commissioner Franklin had served with the Department of Charitable Gaming for four years. He had previously served with the a total of 26 years with the Louisville Police Department, the Kentucky State Fair Board, and the Kentucky Attorney General's Office.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Tributes
30 years. You could have gone home.
Commissioner Franklin gave the Kentucky Office of Charitable Gaming 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Frankfort community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Commissioner Franklin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Commissioner Ray B. Franklin 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ray B. Franklin's cause is highlighted.
How Ray B. Franklin Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ray B. Franklin is highlighted in Dec.