California Highway Patrol, California
End of Watch: Sunday, January 12, 1964
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: 2198
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: January 8, 1964
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant William Huckaby was killed in a motorcycle crash while attempting to rescue three small children who had climbed onto a slow-moving freight train.
As he followed the train down the right of way next to the track, he struck a guy wire which had been strung across the roadway at Nadeau Street in the Firestone Park area. He succumbed to his injuries four days later.
Sergeant Huckaby had served with the California Highway Patrol for seven years.