Eliezer Colón-Claussells

Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — San Juan, 127

Accident

End of Watch January 10, 2013

Age 35

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correctional Officer Eliezer Colón-Claussells and Agent Mayra Ramírez-Barreto, of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, were killed in an automobile crash near Stillwater, Oklahoma, while en route to the Cimmarron Prison Facility, in Cushing, to extradite three prisoners from the facility.

They were traveling southbound on Highway 177, near 68th Street, when another vehicle travelling in the opposite direction crossed the center line and struck their van head-on shortly after 5:00 am.

Agent Ramírez-Barreto, who was driving, and the other driver were trapped inside the vehicles for several hours and both died at the scene. Officer Colón-Claussells and the other two corrections officers in the van were transported to Stillwater Medical Center where Officer Colón-Claussell passed away.

Officer Colón-Claussells had served with the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections for 10 years and was assigned to the Special Operations Unit.

Survivors

He is survived by his 7-year-old son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Colón-Claussells gave the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Puerto Rico. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Colón-Claussells.

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

Agency

Department Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Location San Juan, 127

Platform Identity prdcrcorr.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 10, 2013

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Correctional Officer Eliezer Colón-Claussells 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 127, 85 of 388 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.9% of this state's fallen. That is 9.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 1 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 9.1% of this agency's fallen.

Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

of 11 officers

9.1% Accident

127 — Statewide

of 388 officers

21.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident