Sandra Marie Wagner

1968 - 1996


Trooper Sandra M. Wagner, 28, is the first female State Trooper to die in the line of duty. She was killed on April 5, 1996, when she pulled her police vehicle into the path of a tractor-trailer on Delaware Route 404 in Bridgeville, apparently intent on stopping a speeding motorist. Trooper Wagner was assigned to Troop 5, Bridgeville and was just two hours into her third solo shift.