William Lee Overton, Jr.

Charleston Police Dept. — Charleston, WV

Accident

End of Watch July 13, 1994

Age 31

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 8

Incident

Patrolman William Overton was killed in an automobile crash as he was responding to a shooting call. Another vehicle cut him off and, in an attempted to avoid striking that car he swerved into the median, causing his patrol car to overturn three times. The shooting call turned out to be a false alarm. Patrolman Overton had served with the Charleston Police Department for seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his two sons, two daughters and parents.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Overton gave the Charleston Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Charleston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Overton.

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

Agency

Department Charleston Police Dept.

Location Charleston, WV

Platform Identity charpd.kanawha.wv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 13, 1994

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman William Lee Overton, Jr. 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 WV, 54 of 232 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.3% of this state's fallen. That is 7.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Charleston Police Dept., 3 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Charleston Police Dept.

of 9 officers

33.3% Accident

WV — Statewide

of 232 officers

23.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident