Incident
Deputy Sheriff Douglas Hanna was responding to a call at approximately 12:10 a.m. when a pickup truck ran a stop sign and collided with the passenger side of his patrol vehicle.
He was traveling eastbound on State Highway 54A, west of Corn when the pickup driver entered the highway from County Road 2350. Deputy Hanna's patrol vehicle rolled multiple times, partially ejecting him even though he was wearing his seatbelt. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the pickup, a seventeen-year-old male, suffered only a minor injury to his ankle. He was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for the injury and released.
Deputy Sheriff Hanna had served with the Washita County Sheriff's Office for six years.
Survivors
He was survived by his two sons.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Hanna gave the Washita County Sheriff's Office 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cordell community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hanna.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Douglas Leon Hanna 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 Washita County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Douglas Leon Hanna's cause is highlighted.
How Douglas Leon Hanna Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Douglas Leon Hanna is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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