Bureau County Sheriff's Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Sunday, March 27, 1977
Age: 32
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: March 27, 1977
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Skrabek was killed on a rainy morning when he and the driver of a truck hit head-on while driving on U.S. 6, three miles west of Princeton, Illinois.
A 19-year-old female deputy with him was injured. The other driver, 43 years old, was also killed.
Deputy Skrabek was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Bureau County Sheriff's Department for six years.