Patrolman

Edmond Lehane

Accident
End of Watch December 15, 1914
Age 28
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Lehane was struck and killed by a trolley car while performing traffic duties at the corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street in Manhattan.

Patrolman Lehane had just stopped the 9th Street traffic and waved the 4th Avenue traffic to start moving when he was struck by a northbound trolley car and thrown under the wheels of a southbound trolley car. He was killed instantly.

Patrolman Lehane had served with the New York City Police Department for four years and was assigned to Traffic Precinct A.

Patrolman Lehane had just stopped the 9th Street traffic and waved the 4th Avenue traffic to start moving when he was struck by a northbound trolley car and thrown under the wheels of a southbound trolley car. He was killed instantly.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 15, 1914
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Edmond is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1914, 34 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 114th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edmond was 28. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Edmond had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Edmond among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Edmond Lehane

New York City Police Department · End of Watch December 15, 1914

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-W

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