Roll of Honor
Terry Scott Simmons
Incident
Police Officer Terry Simmons was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car went over the guardrail of the Vandeventer Overpass on Highway 40. The patrol car plunged 60-feet onto Market Street and landed on its roof. Officer Simmons was a veteran of the US Navy and had been with the agency for exactly one year and two days.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Police Officer Simmons gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Simmons.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Terry Scott Simmons 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 56 of 176 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Terry Scott Simmons's cause is highlighted.
How Terry Scott Simmons Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Terry Scott Simmons is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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