Rodney Kelley
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Correctional Officer

Rodney Kelley

Accident
End of Watch October 3, 2008
Age 36
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Rodney Kelley was killed in an automobile crash on U.S. 82, in Bullock County, when the prison van he was driving collided head-on with a tractor-trailer.

Officer Kelley was transporting six correctional officer job applicants from the Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs to the Draper Correctional Facility in Elmore. All six job applicants were also killed in the collision.

The tractor-trailer was speeding while attempting to pass in a no-passing zone when it collided with the van.

Officer Kelley is survived by his wife and child.

Survivors

Officer Kelley is survived by his wife and child.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Kelley gave the Alabama Department of Corrections 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Kelley.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL
Platform Identity alabcorr.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 3, 2008
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Rodney 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 2008, 69 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 51st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Rodney was 36. 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. Rodney had served 6 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

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

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His people

Alabama Department of Corrections has 11 officers remembered here, Rodney among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Rodney Kelley

Alabama Department of Corrections · End of Watch October 3, 2008

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-E

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