Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Thomas Lynch was killed in an automobile crash while attempting to stop a speeding vehicle.
He the patrol car he was riding in was struck head-on by another vehicle near the intersection of Brockton Avenue and Bedford Street. The officer he was with suffered serious injuries but survived.
The other vehicle was driving on the wrong side of the roadway.
Chief Lynch had served with the Abington Police Department for 14 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Lynch gave the Abington Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Abington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Lynch.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Thomas F. 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas F. Lynch's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas F. Lynch Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas F. Lynch is highlighted in Feb.