Roll of Honor
Incident
Railroad Detective Philip Kelley was struck and killed by a freight train in the rail yards near Sumner Street in Toledo, Ohio.
He had been checking the seals on freight cars that were being prepared to shipment. As he finished checking the seals, the train started pulling away so he stepped back to let it pass. As he started to walk across the yard he was struck by a set of freight cars that were being moved through the yard.
Detective Kelley had served in law enforcement for 24 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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Tributes
24 years. You could have gone home.
Railroad Detective Kelley gave the Wabash Railway Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Railroad Detective Kelley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Railroad Detective Philip 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Wabash Railway Police Department, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Philip Kelley's cause is highlighted.
How Philip Kelley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Philip Kelley is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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