Brian Allen Patterson

Pennsylvania State Police — Harrisburg, PA

Accident

End of Watch February 14, 2003

Age 36

Tour of Duty 9 yrs 4 mo

The Vigil Panel 150 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 86

Incident

Trooper Brian Patterson was killed when he came in contact with a high voltage power line which had been dislodged in a motor vehicle crash.

Trooper Patterson had responded to a motor vehicle accident on Valley Road in French Creek Township, Venango County. A motor vehicle had struck a utility pole and the collision left a power line hanging close to the ground. As Trooper Patterson approached the damaged vehicle, he came in contact with the power line that was blowing in the wind. Another Trooper was able to pull Trooper Patterson out from under the wire and verified that he still had a pulse.

Medical personnel attended to and transported Trooper Patterson to UPMC Northwest Hospital. Trooper Patterson's heart stopped while en route to the medical center and ambulance personnel performed CPR on Trooper Patterson until they arrived at the hospital. Trooper Patterson died at approximately 0200 hours.

Trooper Patterson had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for more than nine years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, 10-year-old daughter, and his 9-year-old son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Patterson gave the Pennsylvania State Police 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Patterson.

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

Agency

Department Pennsylvania State Police

Location Harrisburg, PA

Platform Identity pasp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 14, 2003

Tour of Duty 9 yrs 4 mo

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Brian Allen Patterson 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Pennsylvania State Police, 42 of 87 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.3% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania State Police

of 87 officers

48.3% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident