Kara M. Kelly-Borgognone

Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol — Carson City, NV

Accident

End of Watch February 28, 2008

Age 33

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

The Vigil Panel 156 ›

Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Trooper Kara Kelly-Borgognone succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicle crash at the intersection of Pyramid Way and Highland Ranch Parkway, near Sparks, four days earlier.

She was responding to a call involving a possible bomb at a local gas station in Spanish Springs. Her patrol car collided with another vehicle during the response. She was transported to Renown Regional Medical Center where she remained in grave condition in order to donate her organs.

Trooper Kelly-Borgognone had served with the Nevada Highway Patrol for two years and had previously served with the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation for eight years.

Survivors

She is survived by her husband, two daughters, parents, and three siblings.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Kelly-Borgognone gave the Nevada Department of Public Safety 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Nevada. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Kelly-Borgognone.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol

Location Carson City, NV

Platform Identity ndpsnhp.nv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 28, 2008

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 33

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Automobile crash

Trooper Kara M. Kelly-Borgognone 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 NV, 40 of 145 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol, 3 of 10 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this agency's fallen.

Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol

of 10 officers

30% Accident

NV — Statewide

of 145 officers

27.6% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident