Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain George Green succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day when his patrol car was struck by a dump truck at the intersection of Highway 97 and Turner Turnpike in Sapulpa.
He was attempting to turn left from the turnpike onto the highway when his patrol car was T-boned by the truck.
Captain Green had served with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for 31 years and was six months shy of retirement.
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31 years. You could have gone home.
Captain Green gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 31 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Green.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Captain George C. Green, Jr. 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 17 of 39 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George C. Green, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How George C. Green, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George C. Green, Jr. is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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