Leroy Wise

Erie Railroad Police Department — Cleveland, OH

Accident

End of Watch September 21, 1916

Age 35

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Gender Male

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Incident

Special Officer "Roy" Wise was struck and fatally injured by a fast moving freight train at the Venanga Crossing in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, as he was trying to push a stalled automobile off the track.

Six occupants of the automobile suffered serious injuries as their Maxwell Touring car was hit and dragged 150 feet down the track. Special Officer Wise was carried to Logan Hospital where he died from a fractured skull and internal injuries.

Officer Wise was survived by his wife.

Survivors

Officer Wise was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Officer Wise served with the Erie Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Officer Wise.

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

Agency

Department Erie Railroad Police Department

Location Cleveland, OH

Platform Identity erpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 21, 1916

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Special Officer Leroy Wise 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Erie Railroad Police Department, 5 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 38.5% of this agency's fallen.

Erie Railroad Police Department

of 13 officers

38.5% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident