Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Edward Schumacker and Policeman Patrick Costella, of the Hollidays Cove Police Department, were killed in an automobile accident when their vehicle went off a 50-foot embankment at Chestunt Ridge on the Pittsburgh Road.
The two officers, along with a local justice of the peace and a citizens, were returning from Burggettstown, Pennsylvania, where they had gone to search for a suspected who had robbed a pool room of $900 several days earlier.
Deputy Schumacker was survived by his wife.
Survivors
Deputy Schumacker was survived by his wife.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Schumacker served with the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the New Cumberland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Schumacker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Edward Schumacker 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward Schumacker's cause is highlighted.
How Edward Schumacker Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edward Schumacker is highlighted in Sep.