North Carolina Highway Patrol, North Carolina
End of Watch Thursday, August 8, 1996
Add to My HeroesDamion Cortez Roberts
Trooper Damion Roberts was killed in a single-vehicle crash while on duty. His patrol car struck a bridge abutment on NC-210, near Fort Bragg.
Trooper Roberts was a U.S Marine Corps veteran of the Persian Gulf war and had served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol for less than four years. He is survived by his 6-year-old son.
On November 8, 2021, the North Carolina Department of Transportation renamed the Interstate 95 bridge over the Cape Fear River the Trooper Damion C. Roberts Bridge.
Bio
- Age 27
- Tour 3 years, 10 months
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Automobile crash
- Incident Date Wednesday, August 7, 1996
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