Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Stephen Gibson was killed in a vehicle crash on Texas State Highway 144.
At 6:30 a.m., Sergeant Gibson was traveling northbound when a southbound truck lost control on the wet highway. The truck struck Sergeant Gibson's patrol vehicle head-on.
Sergeant Gibson was pronounced deceased at the scene. The other driver was not injured.
Sergeant Gibson had served with the Somervell County Sheriff's Office for 26 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two children, and grandchildren.
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Tributes
26 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Gibson gave the Somervell County Sheriff's Office 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Glen Rose community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Gibson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Stephen Gibson 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stephen Gibson's cause is highlighted.
How Stephen Gibson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Stephen Gibson is highlighted in Dec.