Roll of Honor
Incident
PFC Frank Fidazzo died one day after being involved in a bicycle accident while training with his agency's bicycle unit.
He and other bike officers from several agencies, were finishing a one week training series and were riding on a path in a city park when PFC Fidazzo's bike hit a hump, throwing him over the handlebars. He received serious head injuries and was transported to a local hospital where he died the next day.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Private First Class Fidazzo gave the Morgantown Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Morgantown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Private First Class Fidazzo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Private First Class Frank M. Fidazzo 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. Frank M. Fidazzo's cause is highlighted.
How Frank M. Fidazzo Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Frank M. Fidazzo is highlighted in Jun.