State Trooper Killed In Off-Duty Crash
A Connecticut state trooper was killed in a head-on collision Saturday night while driving off-duty in Wolcott, officials said.
The deceased trooper is Danielle Miller of Litchfield’s Troop L, according to Dora Schriro, commissioner of the state’s Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
Just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Wolcott police responded to a head-on crash on Wolcott Street involving a 2004 Ford pickup and a state police Crown Victoria cruiser driven by an off-duty trooper, later identified as Miller.
The driver of the pickup was identified as Aric Rivkin, 30, of Wolcott. Rivkin sustained non-life threatening injuries and was treated and released early Sunday morning.
There were no passengers in either of the cars, and both drivers were taken to local hospitals with injuries, according to Wolcott police.
On Sunday morning, Schriro identified the trooper involved in the crash as Miller, and said she had succumbed to her injuries.
Miller graduated from the State Police Academy in 2014 as a member of its 124th training troop.
“We are grateful for her dedicated service to the Connecticut State Police and the residents of Connecticut,” Schriro said in a statement, “and our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this difficult time.”
A team of police officers from Wolcott, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck and Watertown are investigating the crash, according to Lt. Bryan Cammarata of Naugatuck police.
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