North Carolina Highway Patrol, North Carolina
End of Watch: Thursday, August 8, 1996
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 3 years, 10 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: August 7, 1996
Weapon Used: Automobile
Suspect Info: Not available
Trooper Damion Roberts was killed in a single-vehicle crash while on duty. His patrol car struck a bridge abutment on NC-210, near Fort Bragg.
Trooper Roberts was a U.S Marine Corps veteran of the Persian Gulf war and had served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol for less than four years. He is survived by his 6-year-old son.
On November 8, 2021, the North Carolina Department of Transportation renamed the Interstate 95 bridge over the Cape Fear River the Trooper Damion C. Roberts Bridge.