Troop K - September 24, 1939
On August 27, 1939, Trooper William F. Dobbs Jr., 30, was critically injured while on motorcycle patrol on the Taconic Parkway in the town of LaGrange. He was injured when his motorcycle struck a vehicle that crashed into guardrails and was wedged diagonally across the roadway. Trooper Dobbs was thrown from his motorcycle and died of internal injuries at Vassar Hospital.
Trooper Dobbs was assigned to the South Millbrook Station for one year prior to his death.