Special Officer
William Gerald Sibert
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department
Thursday, October 5, 1922

Age: 21
Served: 3 months
Badge #:
Not Included
Not Included

Incident Details

Cause of Death:
Struck by train
Date/Time of Incident:
Thursday, October 5, 1922
01:55 am
Incident to Death Duration:
Same day
Incident Location:
East of Anthony Boulevard, Fort Wayne
Incident County:
Allen
Incident Township:
Wayne
Weapon Used:
None
Suspect Disposition:
None
Burial Place:
South Whitley Cemetery, South Whitley

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   Special Officer William Sibert was struck and killed by a switch engine in the railroad yards in Fort Wayne.

   As he was patrolling the yards, he stepped away from one set of tracks to avoid an oncoming train and stepped into the path of a switch engine on an adjacent track that was backing up.

   Special Officer Sibert, from South Whitley, was single and survived by his sister, three brothers and parents.


The responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department (1846–1968) are now under the jurisdiction of the Norfolk Southern Railway Police Department.

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This officer, discovered in 2017, has not been submitted for consideration as an eligible line of duty death to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund by the Norfolk Southern Railway Police Department.

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