Roll of Honor
William Y. Hoagland
Incident
Police Officer William Hoagland succumbed to injuries he received when he was struck and killed by a streetcar while on patrol on Belt Avenue. He had just walked behind an eastbound streetcar and crossed onto the next set of tracks as a westbound streetcar approached. The westbound streetcar struck Officer Hoagland and pushed him ten feet into a utility pole. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries one hour later. Officer Hoagland had served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for 27 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
27 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Hoagland gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hoagland.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer William Y. Hoagland 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. William Y. Hoagland's cause is highlighted.
How William Y. Hoagland Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Y. Hoagland is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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