Roberto Nieto

Eagle Lake Police Department — Eagle Lake, TX

Accident

End of Watch July 24, 2002

Age 27

Tour of Duty 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Patrolman Roberto Nieto was killed when his patrol car was struck by a train while he was patrolling a Union Pacific Railroad rail yard at 6:50 pm.

The locomotive struck his patrol car at approximately 50 mph. He was flown to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Patrolman Nieto had served with the 9-person Eagle Lake Police Department for two months after serving with another agency.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, stepdaughter, and parents.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Nieto served with the Eagle Lake Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Eagle Lake community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Nieto.

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

Agency

Department Eagle Lake Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Eagle Lake, Colorado County, TX

Platform Identity elpd.colorado.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 24, 2002

Tour of Duty 2 mo

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Roberto Nieto is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 3.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Eagle Lake Police Department, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Eagle Lake Police Department

of 5 officers

40% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,095

of 32,587 officers

31% Accident