Alabama Department of Corrections, Alabama
End of Watch: Friday, October 3, 2008
Age: 36
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: October 3, 2008
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Correctional Officer Rodney Kelley was killed in an automobile crash on U.S. 82, in Bullock County, when the prison van he was driving collided head-on with a tractor-trailer.
Officer Kelley was transporting six correctional officer job applicants from the Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs to the Draper Correctional Facility in Elmore. All six job applicants were also killed in the collision.
The tractor-trailer was speeding while attempting to pass in a no-passing zone when it collided with the van.
Officer Kelley is survived by his wife and child.