Sergeant Anthony F. Janowski was assigned to Area 6 when his squad car was broad sided. Sergeant Janowski was in the process of completing a separate accident report. As he was enroute to the headquarters to file paperwork, he was killed in an unrelated accident.

Sergeant Janowski was a 29-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, beginning his career on August 16, 1949; his wife and daughter survive him.