Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Hung Le succumbed to injuries sustained when his patrol car was struck from behind on May 19th, 1998. Trooper Le sustained burns to over seventy percent of his body, lung, and heart damage. His patrol car was struck from behind as he was stopped behind a construction crew on I-55 between Ponchatoula and Manchac. His emergency lights were activated when the crash occurred. The patrol car was pushed into the construction zone and burst into flames. Construction workers and passersby were able to pull him from the wreckage and he was taken to a burn unit in Houston, Texas. The driver was charged with careless operation, not wearing glasses, and negligent injury. Trooper Le had served with the Louisiana State Police for one year.
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You barely got started.
Trooper Le gave the Louisiana State Police 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Louisiana. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Le.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Trooper Hung Nguyen Le 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 LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Louisiana State Police, 21 of 27 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 77.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hung Nguyen Le's cause is highlighted.
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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