Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Evans was en route to assist another State Trooper in a drug-related traffic stop. On a different call, Oklahoma City Police Officer Jeff Rominger had just begun chasing a vehicle on I-40. During the chase a tractor-trailer topped a hill and collided with the suspect’s vehicle. Officer Rominger’s vehicle and Trooper Evans vehicle then crashed into the tractor-trailer and the suspect’s vehicle. All four vehicles became engulfed in flames. Trooper Evans was trapped inside his cruiser and pronounced dead at the scene. Officer Rominger died en route to the hospital.
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- July 23, 2026
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You barely got started.
Trooper Evans gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Evans.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Matthew Scott Evans 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. Matthew Scott Evans's cause is highlighted.
How Matthew Scott Evans Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Matthew Scott Evans is highlighted in Aug.
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