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Lieutenant Charles Fredrick Bricker | Huntington Police Department, West Virginia
Huntington Police Department, West Virginia

Lieutenant

Charles Fredrick Bricker

Huntington Police Department, West Virginia

End of Watch: Sunday, January 7, 1940

Biographical Info

Age: 51
Tour of Duty: 22 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Struck by train
Date of Incident: January 5, 1940
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Lieutenant Charles Bricker succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier when the patrol car he was riding in struck a train at an unguarded crossing.

He and another officer were responding to a robbery at a local gas station when the car struck a coal car in the darkness. He suffered a fractured skull and broken hip in the accident and died two days later.

Lieutenant Bricker had served with the Huntington Police Department for 22 years. He was survived by his wife.