Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Robert King was killed in a motorcycle crash while assisting other officers who were pursuing another motorcycle at 12:35 a.m. The driver of the motorcycle they were pursuing lost control on Queens Chapel Road at Madison Street in Hyattsville and crashed. Immediately afterward, Corporal King crashed as well. Corporal King was transported to Prince George's Hospital where he succumbed to head injuries. The juvenile was not injured. He was charged with five traffic violations. Corporal King had served with the Hyattsville Police Department for five years. He was survived by his wife and daughter. On June 18, 2009, Private King was posthumously promoted to the rank of Corporal.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal King gave the Hyattsville Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hyattsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal King.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Robert John King 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 MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert John King's cause is highlighted.
How Robert John King Compares
Offender Outcome
motor officer
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert John King is highlighted in Jun.