Roll of Honor
Incident
Major Timothy Bergeron was killed in a motorcycle crash while escorting a Mardi Gras float along Louisiana 311.
He was passing the float with his lights and siren activated to block traffic at the intersection with Polk Street. A person on the float signaled a car waiting to turn onto the highway to come around the float. As the car turned in front of the float it came into Major Bergeron's lane of travel and collided with him head-on.
Major Bergeron had served with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office for 25 years and was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and six children.
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25 years. You could have gone home.
Major Bergeron gave the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Houma community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Major Bergeron.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Major Timothy Joel Bergeron 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 Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Joel Bergeron's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy Joel Bergeron Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Joel Bergeron is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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