Roll of Honor
Debra Kay Collins
Incident
District Administrator Debra Collins was killed in an automobile accident on US 67 near Fredericktown, Missouri, while en route to Poplar Bluff for a meeting.
Her vehicle ran off the road and overturned in a ditch causing her to suffer fatal injuries.
District Administrator Collins had served with the Missouri Department of Corrections, Board of Probation and Parole for 25 years.
Survivors
She is survived by her husband and two sons.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
25 years. You could have gone home.
District Administrator Collins gave the Missouri Department of Corrections 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Missouri. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, District Administrator Collins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
District Administrator Debra Kay Collins 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 Missouri Department of Corrections, 2 of 20 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 10% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Debra Kay Collins's cause is highlighted.
How Debra Kay Collins Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Debra Kay Collins is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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