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Photograph: Trooper Richard D. Oldaker

Patch image: Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma






Trooper Richard D. Oldaker
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma

End of Watch: Monday, July 3, 1978

Biographical Info
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: 477

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Monday, July 3, 1978
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Trooper Oldaker and Trooper Rondal Alexander were killed in an airplane accident. Trooper Oldaker was flying the plane and Trooper Alexander and a Ft. Sill soldier were observers. They were on a low-fly mission over the Salk Fork River near Hollis when the plane struck a utility pole wire and crashed. All three occupants were killed on impact.

Trooper Oldaker had been with the agency for nine years.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OklahomaTrooper Rondal Ray Alexander
Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK
EOW: Monday, July 3, 1978
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

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