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Headstone of Ernest F. Rudd

Ernest F. Rudd

Died October 5, 1925

Ernest F. Rudd.

How He Died
Manner Accident
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened

Trooper Ernest Rudd and Trooper Thomas Scanlon were killed when the police car they were riding in was struck by the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Black Diamond Express at the Route 20 railroad crossing between Geneva and Waterloo. Trooper Scanlon and Trooper Rudd, along with a third trooper, were returning to Waterloo after dropping off a prisoner at the county jail in Canandaigua. The trooper driving the car was seriously injured. Trooper Rudd was a WWI veteran.

Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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Service Record
Also Served
New York State Police
Trooper
Memorials
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Panel 6-W · Line 12 cut as ERNEST F RUDD
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In tribute

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 Rudd served with the New York State Police.

Thank you for your service to the people of New York, 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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