Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Dominick Paparelli was struck and killed by an automobile while directing traffic near the intersection of Main Street and Church Street. He was directing traffic in the intersection for a midnight mass when a driver of a vehicle lost control due to ice striking him and then a another vehicle. He was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries several hours after being admitted. The driver told police that he had hit a ice patch and could not slow down in enough time. The driver was charged with involuntary manslaughter and released on bail. Officer Paparelli was a U.S Army veteran of WWI.
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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.
Police Officer Paparelli served with the Archbald Borough Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Archbald community, 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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Incident Details
Military Service
Dominick Paparelli served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Dominick Paparelli 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dominick Paparelli's cause is highlighted.
How Dominick Paparelli Compares
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Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Dominick Paparelli is highlighted in Dec.