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  • New York: State Trooper Dies After Being Struck by Vehicle Along I-81

    New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico is saddened to announce the death of Trooper Christopher G. Skinner. Trooper Skinner was last assigned to the Traffic Incident Management Unit (TIM Detail), Troop C, Delaware County. Around noon today (May 29), Trooper Skinner was outside his marked State Police car conducting a vehicle and traffic stop on I-81 north of exit 6, between Chenango Bridge and Castle Creek, Broome County, when he was struck by a passing vehicle. Trooper Skinner was killed instantly. Other stories can be found at"New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico is saddened to announce the death of Trooper Christopher G. Skinner. Trooper Skinner was last assigned to the Traffic Incident Management Unit (TIM Detail), Troop C, Delaware County. Around noon today (May 29), Trooper Skinner was outside his marked State Police car conducting a vehicle and traffic stop on I-81 north of exit 6, between Chenango Bridge and Castle Creek, Broome County, when he was struck by a passing vehicle. Trooper Skinner was killed instantly. Other stories can be found at: http://www.njherald.com/story/25643497/new-york-trooper-struck-by-vehicle-highway-closed http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=1051010#.U4eq8E9OXIU http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/State-trooper-killed-on-I-81-near-Binghamton-5513882.php http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Trooper-hit-and-killed-261121901.html

  • Tennessee: Nashville Officer Struck, Killed on Interstate

    Officials say a Nashville police officer was killed when he was struck by a motor home on Interstate 65. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Officer Michael Petrina was directing traffic on the interstate after a vehicle overturned Saturday morning, May 10, 2014. Police spokesman Don Aaron said the driver of a motor home, identified as 71-year-old Dean Joseph Diver of Key Largo, Florida, hit Petrina. The officer died at the scene. Other stories can be found at: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2014/05/10/i-65-closed-brentwood/8937609/ http://www.wsmv.com/story/25481903/officer-involved-crash-shuts-down-i-65

  • Virginia Family: Henrico Tow-Truck Driver Died Keeping us Safe

    A Richmond family involved in an accident on Interstate 295 last week is organizing a fundraiser for the tow-truck driver killed in the crash. Jason Bailey, 22, was killed in Thursday's crash, while towing Avonnia Jewel Gregory's car on the side of the interstate. Bailey leaves behind a son, who is less than a year old. "If it wasn't for his persistence in requesting for us to leave as he handled the task of securing my daughter's vehicle onto the flat bed, it would have been us who was hit by the drunk driver," writes Annovia's mother, Jewel Gregory. The family went to Bailey's viewing Sunday and was touched.

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