Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Dwane Snow was killed when his patrol car was struck by a freight train at a crossing on Route 76. He was responding to the scene of another accident when the incident occurred.
Chief Snow had served with the Moscow Police Department for one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and child.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Chief of Police Snow gave the Moscow Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Moscow community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Snow.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Louis Dwane Snow 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 TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Louis Dwane Snow's cause is highlighted.
How Louis Dwane Snow Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Louis Dwane Snow is highlighted in Jul.