Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Edward O'Brien was killed when the patrol car he was riding in was struck by a streetcar at the intersection of 10th Street and Carr Street. He had arrested a suspect for begging and a patrol car came to take him and the prisoner to the station. As they crossed the tracks on 10th Street the streetcar failed to stop at the crossing and struck the vehicle. Officer O'Brien was thrown from the car and struck his head on a wall. Officer O'Brien had been with the agency for 17 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and seven children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer O'Brien gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer O'Brien.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Edward O'Brien 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. Edward O'Brien's cause is highlighted.
How Edward O'Brien Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edward O'Brien is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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