Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Brad Erickson was killed after being struck by a heavy construction vehicle which was being backed up on Route 28, near the main entrance to Bell Tower Mall.
The accident occurred while he was directing traffic at a road paving project. After the collision, Officer Erickson was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injures approximately eight hours later.
The driver was charged with homicide and several traffic violations after it was determined that he had failed to fix the backup warning system on his dump truck when a mechanic notified it wasn't working two weeks prior.
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28 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Erickson gave the Yarmouth Police Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Yarmouth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Erickson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Bradford M. Erickson 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 Yarmouth Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bradford M. Erickson's cause is highlighted.
How Bradford M. Erickson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Bradford M. Erickson is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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