Roll of Honor
Incident
Guard Robert Kelley was killed when the prison transport van he was driving left the roadway and went down a 40-foot embankment on Route 422 to the bank of Perkiomen Creek in Collegeville.
He had picked up a prison trustee from a job site and was returning him back to the Montgomery County Prison Farm when the crash occurred. The prisoner suffered non-fatal injuries in the crash.
Guard Kelley was survived by his wife and three sons.
Survivors
Guard Kelley was survived by his wife and three sons.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Guard Kelley served with the Montgomery County Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Guard Kelley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Guard Robert A. Kelley 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. Robert A. Kelley's cause is highlighted.
How Robert A. Kelley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert A. Kelley is highlighted in Jun.