Trooper Damion Cortez Roberts, North Carolina Highway Patrol, North Carolina

Trooper Damion Cortez Roberts

North Carolina Highway Patrol, North Carolina

End of Watch Thursday, August 8, 1996

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Damion 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

routine driving

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Trooper Roberts had also helped out coaching football over at Hillcrest junior high school in the years proceeding his death. He was a very nice man and was helping out kids in our community. The reason I know all this is because he coached me at Hillcrest Junior High School!!!! Rest in Heaven Coach Roberts!

Brad Wallace
Knew him as a football coach at Hillcrest Jr Highschool

September 28, 2025