Ray B. Franklin.
Automobile crash
Commissioner Ray Franklin succumbed to injuries sustained eight days earlier when he was involved in an automobile accident on I-64 in Frankfort, Kentucky.
His vehicle went out of control and crashed due to the freezing road surface as a result of a winter storm. He was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injuries eight days later.
Commissioner Franklin had served with the Department of Charitable Gaming for four years. He had previously served with the a total of 26 years with the Louisville Police Department, the Kentucky State Fair Board, and the Kentucky Attorney General's Office.
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In tribute
30 years. You could have gone home.
Commissioner Franklin gave the Kentucky Office of Charitable Gaming 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Frankfort community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Commissioner Franklin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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