Dana Kevin Cusack
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Corporal

Dana Kevin Cusack

South Carolina Highway Patrol — Blythewood, SC
Accident
End of Watch March 27, 2010
Age 45
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Corporal Kevin Cusack was killed driving his patrol car when he was involved in a single-vehicle accident.

He was on patrol when his patrol car left the road as he drove on State Highway 200 about six miles south of Lancaster. Corporal Cusack was killed as a result.

Corporal Cusack had served with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for 21 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his three children, mother, three sisters, and one brother.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-SC-F2AAC787
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

21 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Cusack gave the South Carolina Highway Patrol 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of South Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Cusack.

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

Agency

Location Blythewood, SC
Platform Identity schp.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 27, 2010
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Corporal Dana Kevin Cusack 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 SC, 137 of 438 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At South Carolina Highway Patrol, 31 of 52 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 59.6% of this agency's fallen.

South Carolina Highway Patrol
31
of 52 officers
59.6% Accident
SC — Statewide
137
of 438 officers
31.3% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dana Kevin Cusack's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Dana Kevin Cusack Compares

Age at End of Watch
45
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
21
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Dana Kevin Cusack is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location