Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Michael Estes died of injuries he sustained when his patrol car was involved in a collision eight days earlier.
He was driving with his emergency lights on to a residence in Burbank, where a 911 hangup call had been reported. He was traveling south on Highway 124 when he collided with an eastbound flatbed truck carrying drywall joint compound.
The deputy was taken to Kadlec Medical Center where he remained until succumbing to his injuries.
Deputy Estes had served with the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office for 18 months.
Rest in peace Deputy Sheriff Estes.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis July 17th, 2023
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You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Estes gave the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Walla Walla community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Estes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Michael Estes 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 WA, 111 of 339 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.7% of this state's fallen. That is 1.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Estes's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Estes Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Estes is highlighted in Feb.