Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Edward Lynch succumbed to injuries sustained five days earlier when his personal vehicle crashed head-on into a bridge abutment at a high rate of speed on the Atlantic Railroad Bridge at 165 Hancock Street in Quincy.
He had been assigned to a foot post on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner when he observed a stolen vehicle at approximately 4:00 a.m., during the last half hour of his shift. He pursued the vehicle into the city of Quincy where he crashed while attempting to force the vehicle he was chasing off the road. The crash was witnessed by multiple eye witness accounts and statements made by police. The driver of the stolen vehicle was never captured.
He was taken to Quincy City Hospital where he was suffering from a fractured skull, broken neck, and internal injuries. He died during emergency surgery.
Patrolman Lynch was a U.S Army veteran of the Korean War. He had served with the Boston Police Department for five years and was assigned to District 11, Dorchester.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, and two children.
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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.
Patrolman Lynch gave the Boston Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Thank you 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
Edward C. Lynch served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman Edward C. Lynch 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Boston Police Department, 31 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward C. Lynch's cause is highlighted.
How Edward C. Lynch Compares
Offender Outcome
Never captured
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edward C. Lynch is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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