Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Travis Maki was killed after falling from a freeway overpass while setting out flares at a traffic crash on I-80 near Deeth at 2:55 am. The previous crash had occurred on an icy bridge over railroad tracks. He was placing the flares on the roadway when a tractor-trailer jack-knifed and slid on the ice, taking up the entire road surface. In an attempt to avoid being struck by the trailer, Sergeant Maki fell over the railing and fell approximately 65 feet on the railroad right of way. He was killed instantly as a result of the fall. The tractor-trailer recovered from sliding and continued driving. The driver was never identified or located. Sergeant Maki was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Elko County Sheriff's Office for 10 years. He is survived by his parents, brother, step-sister, niece, and girlfriend. He is buried in Elko County Veterans Cemetery, Elko, Nevada.
Survivors
He is survived by his parents, brother, step-sister, niece, and girlfriend.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Maki gave the Elko County Sheriff's Office 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Elko community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Travis H. Maki served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Travis H. Maki 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 Elko County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Travis H. Maki's cause is highlighted.
How Travis H. Maki Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Travis H. Maki is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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