Trooper
Robert Jack 'Bob' Garrison
Indiana State Police
Monday, December 14, 1959
Age: 27
Served: 4 years, 2 months
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Incident Details

Cause of Death
Automobile accident
Date/Time of Incident
Monday, December 14, 1959
06:40 pm
Incident to Death Duration
Same day
Incident Location
State Road 67 east of Daleville
Incident County
Delaware
Incident Township
Monroe
Weapon Used
None
Suspect Disposition
None
Burial Place
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Montpelier
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   Trooper Robert Garrison was killed in a three-vehicle accident while responding to a report of a child bitten by a dog.

   He was westbound on State Road 67, six miles east of Daleville, when he swerved into a filling station to avoid hitting a stopped vehicle.

   His squad car struck that vehicle making a left-hand turn in front of him and was broadsided by a truck, killing him instantly from a skull fracture.

   Trooper Garrison, from Montpelier, was assigned to the Redkey post. He was survived by his expectant wife, son, daughter, parents, four brothers and five sisters.

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