Incident
Lieutenant Bobby D'Abadie succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle crash on Lobdell Avenue in Baton Rouge on Friday, March 30, 1984. Lieutenant D'Abadie was traveling on the inside lane of Lobdell Avenue when a truck turned onto the road from Choctaw Road and struck Lieutenant D'Abadie. The driver did not see him since a car on the outside lane blocked Lieutenant D'Abadie's motorcycle. He was transported to Baton Rouge General Hospital with extensive brain damage. He never recovered and passed away a week later. Lieutenant D'Abadie had been with the Baton Rouge Police Department for 26 years. He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and parents. One of his sons became an officer with the agency.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, and parents.
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26 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant D'Abadie gave the Baton Rouge Police Department 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant D'Abadie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Carl Robert D'Abadie, Sr. is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 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 Baton Rouge Police Department, 8 of 27 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Carl Robert D'Abadie, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Carl Robert D'Abadie, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Carl Robert D'Abadie, Sr. is highlighted in Apr.
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