Roy Kyle Moody served in the U.S. Army.
Trooper Roy Moody was killed when his patrol car was struck by a freight train. Having finished a break in a restaurant on the outskirts of Springfield at approximately 10:00 a.m., Trooper Moody resumed patrol in his squad car. Approaching a marked railroad crossing where traffic was already backed up for a passing train, he pulled his car around a line of trucks and was struck by the oncoming freight train. His squad burst into flames, and he died in a hospital two hours later from his injuries. His reason for passing the trucks was never learned. Trooper Roy Moody was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI. He had served with the Illinois State Police for eight years and was assigned to District 9, Springfield.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper Moody gave the Illinois State Police 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Illinois, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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