Edwin Hernandez

Suffolk County Police Department — Yaphank, NY

Accident

End of Watch July 27, 2004

Age 44

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Edwin Hernandez was killed at approximately 12:45 am in a single-vehicle accident while on patrol.

Officer Hernandez had just completed an assignment on the Long Island Expressway and was traveling westbound on the Northern State Parkway when his cruiser left the road. The cruiser hit a guardrail and then a tree near the Dix Hills Road overpass. Officer Hernandez was trapped in the car, and emergency crews had to cut him out.

Officer Hernandez was airlifted to Stony Brook Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Officer Hernandez had served for 19 years with the Suffolk County Police Department and was assigned to the Highway Patrol.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children, mother, sister, and two nephews.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Hernandez gave the Suffolk County Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Yaphank community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hernandez.

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

Agency

Department Suffolk County Police Department

Location Yaphank, NY

Platform Identity scpd.suffolk.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 27, 2004

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Edwin Hernandez 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 NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Suffolk County Police Department, 10 of 27 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37% of this agency's fallen.

Suffolk County Police Department

of 27 officers

37% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident