Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Stephen Gyurke succumbed to injuries sustained when he was struck by a tractor-trailer several days earlier while making a traffic stop. Trooper Gyurke had stopped another tractor-trailer for a traffic violation on a stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County. He was talking to the driver when he was struck and pinned between both trucks. He was transported to Frick Memorial Hospital at Mt. Pleasant, where both Trooper Gyurke's legs had to be amputated above the knees before succumbing to his injuries. The driver of the semi that struck him received a suspended sentence after pleading no defense in the case. Trooper Gyurke was a United States Army veteran and served with the Pennsylvania State Police for under four years, assigned to Troop B-2. He was survived by his wife, mother, five brothers, and four sisters. One of his brothers also served as a state trooper. The bridge that carries State Route 601 over Barclay Run in the Borough of Somerset, Somerset County, was named the Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke Memorial Bridge in his honor. He is buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Nanty-Glo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, mother, five brothers, and four sisters.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper Gyurke gave the Pennsylvania State Police 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Stephen R. Gyurke served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stephen R. Gyurke's cause is highlighted.
How Stephen R. Gyurke Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Stephen R. Gyurke is highlighted in Aug.
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