Colorado State Patrol, Colorado
End of Watch: Thursday, January 24, 1946
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Date of Incident: January 22, 1946
Weapon Used: Automobile
Suspect Info: Not available
Patrolman Wallace McCarty succumbed to injuries received two days earlier when his cruiser was struck head-on on Colorado 6 near Hudson.
A truck crossed the center lane and struck his cruiser. A civilian passenger in Patrolman McCarty's cruiser was killed instantly. The 53-year-old truck driver was charged with manslaughter.
Patrolman McCarthy had been with the agency for two years.