Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Wednesday, May 15, 1974
Age: 32
Tour of Duty: 8 years, 3 months
Badge Number: 418
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: May 15, 1974
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant William Kelleher was killed when his motorcycle collided with a city sanitation truck at State Road and Ashburner Street.
He was on his way to the Police Academy with forms he had picked up at police headquarters for a class he was teaching. He later died at Nazareth Hospital.
Sergeant Kelleher served with the Philadelphia Police Department for more than eight years. He was survived by his wife and three children.