State Trooper Willis Von Moore
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Alabama

End of Watch: Monday, February 26, 1996
Cause: Automobile accident

Biographical Info
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available

Trooper Moore was killed in an automobile accident while responding to another accident call. He was running in emergency response when he was forced into a guardrail by several cars that refused to grant Trooper Willis right of way.

The guard rail impaled the patrol car through the steering column. Emergency workers freed Trooper Moore by cutting away the roof of the patrol car and then rushed him to the hospital. He died as a result of his injuries later in the night.

Trooper Moore had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for 1 year. He is survived by his parents, brothers, and sisters.

 
Photograph: State Trooper Willis Von Moore

Patch image: Alabama Department of Public Safety, Alabama

Visit State Trooper Moore's memorial at www.ODMP.org