Trooper Brian Keith Nichols
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Alabama
End of Watch: Sunday, February 17, 2002
Cause: Automobile accident

Biographical Info
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: 121

Trooper Brian Nichols was killed in an automobile accident on Highway 56 near Chatom, Alabama, at 2045 hours.

He was driving towards his home as his shift was to end in 15 minutes, when his patrol car struck a horse that was standing in the roadway. The impact crushed the roof and A-frame of the patrol car.

Trooper Nichols was a veteran of the US Coast Guard and had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for 9 years. He is survived by his wife and two children.