Connecticut State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier hit and killed by vehicle on I-84 in Southingt

A serious crash is under investigation Thursday evening after a State Trooper was hit and killed by a vehicle on I-84 in Southington.
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[@garyc39]

Looked like a cop convention in the middle of the road

[@thomaslauria8771]

how do u hit someone and just leave them laying there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@andrewczski1969]

Easy! No abla englais.

[@SwissManEdits]

The truck driver did it on purpose. He already killed 2 people in Puerto Rico. I only know this because this cop, this supposed random cop was my dad’s best friend since 3 rd grade. They went to the police academy together. My dad is traumatized. May this brave soul rest in peace

[@RS54321]

People who have no conscience do this all the time. It's sickening.

[@supreflysnuka0097_]

What a sad story thank for your service sir

[@thegator589]

ACAB

[@User55_10]

Did you see how Sgt Brian Fahey of the Connecticut state police treated a citizen?

[@ms.c3]

My heart breaks. 😢 And I don’t even know him. May trooper Aaron Pelletier RIP. 💐 My prayers and condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

you are mentally ill

[@53rat]

“Target Fixation “ should be taught to all drivers and how to avoid it

[@robster7787]

I find it hilarious that people are complaining about getting speeding tickets in CT. In my 25 years of cross-country driving accumulating 2 million miles of driving not even as a trucker, CT and parts of New England is by far the most lenient for traffic enforcement. Y’all are going 80-90 in a posted 55/65 down route 8 north and south as a tiny example.

[@hemidart7237]

BIG difference when John Q Public gets hit & one of their own gets hit??

[@RyanPerrotta-kg4ev]

As a CT citizen, I can really feel this and may he Rest in Peace and Paradise.

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

WTF does you begin from CT have to do with anything!!! 🙄 Y'all ALWAYS want to make yourself a part of the story!! 🤡

[@timb7775]

He just had to write that ticket.

[@107glen]

Probably was making a illegal stop and paid the price.

[@Marc816]

What the crop doing!!!!!!!????? Giving out a "SPEEDING TICKET"????????!!!!!!!

[@HonorablesirGolfer]

The word traffic stop seems counter productive

[@rickpratt5115]

Our prayers and condolences for his family ,friends and colleagues.

[@Modernmidget]

Yours do not mine

[@lisaallen8416]

Hearing the news from my mom was not easy for her to explain. The family is still very broken and in shock 😢 Thank you for all the support, thoughts and heart felt words. My mom along with the rest of the family appreciate it very much. Prayers are always welcomed❤

[@aleckrebs81]

How about making it mandatory that they pull people over to the nearest parking lot and NOT on the side of a busy road making a huge distraction to other drivers

[@HonorablesirGolfer]

Well we have some cops who have managed to stop traffic and cause high speed chases

[@orioltorrecilla9378]

They create more danger than the initial infraction from the original traffic stop driver

[@HonorablesirGolfer]

@@orioltorrecilla9378 what are you mr obvious

[@Ghostface24315]

He was agreeing with you ​@@HonorablesirGolfer

[@allanstephenson9336]

Sad. People must slow down and move over. RIP SIR😢😢

[@Ghostface24315]

No road pirates need to stop pulling people over.

[@TopSecretVid]

What a shame… I see more it and more people driving drunk, using their phones, running red lights/stop signs etc. Just this morning a driver in front of me made a left on a red light, not yellow but full red at a big intersection. And not long ago at this intersection a child riding his bike was killed.

[@didrivekopel2511]

Cops doing this all the time talking on the phone and texting while driving they should give example for society but they love to be above the law hope this tragedy will give as some wize thinking that we can wait with phone call till the end of the driving.

[@Ghostface24315]

cops do those things all the time and get away with it.

[@joesmith6972]

It's sad this trooper lost his life but let's be honest, police forcing drivers to stop on the side of 65+ MPH interstate highways is much more dangerous than most of which they were initially pulled over for.

[@ThatGirl-ku5dq]

OMG. Shame on you!

[@joesmith6972]

@@ThatGirl-ku5dq What is more dangerous? Driving 10 MPH over the speed limit or sitting still on the side of an interstate highway for 20 minutes while vehicles and tractor trailers are doing 70+ MPH within feet of you? Go ahead, answer honestly.

[@blast4me754]

@@joesmith6972 Yeah those big rigs be blowing by and makes you want to tell the cop to hurry up with writing the ticket.

[@Ghostface24315]

​@@ThatGirl-ku5dqyeah how dare anyone go agai st the copaganda.

[@kennethmatthew3453]

Some state police ask for this type of stuff to happen to them by punishing those who wish to find a safe place to pull over. I've seen too many punished and weapons drawn on them just because they wanted to find a safer place to pull over further down the road. If drivers were allowed a reasonable time to find a safer place to pull over without consequence then tragedies like this would happen allot less. Even if it took 2-4 miles to find a safer place when being pulled over it should be okay long as the time it takes is reasonable but I've seen too many videos where an officer says "No you have to pull over immediately no matter what" then we continue to see stories like this.

[@Ghostface24315]

They are doing it to themselves. And then have these copaganda parades. No one else gets a parade not ems fire department doctors surgeons chefs only these crooks

[@AStanton1966]

If Connecticut is serious about crime and motor vehicle matters, how about starting with a 3-Strikes Felony Law? If you commit 3 felonies, you'll be locked up for life. That law would have prevented this death as well as the Cheshire Home Invasion a few years back.

[@superruben702]

Whenever you try to pull over to a safe spot these troopers try to drum up more charges and flip their lid

[@77chevy4x4]

No plates…. landscaping brush No ID …. What’s your name sir !?!? Yes ! ???

[@Ghostface24315]

Deleting comments that disagree with this gross waste of resources is a coward act

[@RussellLarrabee]

Sad loss

[@revon0521]

Condolences to the trooper's family and friends. Driving in CT on 84 always scares the hell out of me; the speedsters and recklessness of so many bearing CT plates is astounding.

[@deannharris2424]

My condolences and prayers go out to his family. This is truly sad.

[@boatbound3300]

Traffic is a nightmare

[@raweckifilms4425]

@boatbound3300 are you serious right now? thats what you comment...

[@didrivekopel2511]

​@raweckifilms4425 i feel bad for the family and i hope he go to better place to meet our father in heaven but it's just stupid to harassed people for seatbelt on busy highway and put own and others life in such a danger so sad.

[@dmarie9491]

🙏🏽🕯😭....💙🇺🇸🌎🦅 May Aaron Be In Forever Peace, Love & Light Thank You Officer Pelletier For You Service God Bless

[@allen2zulu]

road pirates

[@jerryellis835]

This is sad but no human life is worth more than another. Especially when your out stalking for revenue. No since wasting so much tax dollars for 50 60 officers when a average fatality may have 4 or 5. What was the justification for so many resources ?

[@imbout2blow]

dude your taxes are going to foreign countries what are you on about

[@alphabravo424]

Well that low fatality rate is due to the work police does on the highways.

[@mleh2512]

He was hit by a drunk driver who fled the scene, who was caught shortly thereafter. Interstate 84 is the major highway here in Connecticut and the entrances and exits are quite close together in that area especially. Thanks to our Connecticut State Troopers, all exits and entrances were closed very quickly, probably preventing additional people from being hurt and killed by the drunk. Lanes in the opposite direction also needed to be shut down by police for both safety and the accident investigation.

[@CODE3BOERNE23]

RIP

[@clintbump7353]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family 🙏

[@Michael-fl1tm]

So stop pulling citizens over for stupid crap

[@legionk9884]

Then stop pulling the "stupid crap" in the middle of the road and you won't get pulled over

[@Michael-fl1tm]

@@legionk9884 so says the cop worshiping sheep

[@Ghostface24315]

​@@legionk9884is that why all the people with dui that wasn't on anything or the road pirates planti g drugs? Think for yourself

[@MeatHeadLou]

Is anyone tracking the number of fatal accidents BEFORE these seat belt tickets went into effect, compared to after? I bet the tickets haven't made the slightest difference. They don't make the public safer -- and in fact put the public in danger, as evidenced by the death of this trooper. Have cops stop crime, not write up meaningless tickets.

[@vanessaferrance5936]

So sad

[@HWG-wm8ld]

Did the kids in uvalde get this response

[@dudley5658]

No

[@legionk9884]

What is the argument you're trying to make here?

[@Ghostface24315]

​@@legionk9884that cops are just crooks wearing a costume that will abuse the weak rob the innocent and will be cowards and liars in the face of a real threat.

[@LillianSmith-qj2pm]

I am so sorry for your loss

[@easytoslip]

I was just headed up to get on 84 West but saw East is completely unusable. This happend like 5 hours ago and just now it's entirely police cars with their lights on driving the left lane and cop cars parked in the right. No passenger cars at all, they have it blocked off still.

[@timb7775]

Disgusting. People have things to do and places to go.

[@estimatingonediscoveringthree]

The law enforcement has been dialed down by commissioners, they need to stop allowing the normalization of 80/85 mph, start enforcing

[@Mia-vm6pl]

I think police officers need to stop looking for trouble. The traffic stops are ridiculous. They are a reason for citizens to be harassed. There is real crime happening and yet these cops are tasked to do these ridiculous things. Had this not been a task he would still be alive. Instead the state of Connecticut greed for revenue in tickets is the issue. This isn't protect and serve. This is a disgrace

[@imbout2blow]

@@Mia-vm6plI hope you know state police agencies were made for highway enforcement speed kills lmao🫵😹

[@Modernmidget]

Yeah when self driving cars become a thing cops will have no trouble to create , instead they will be forced to focus on real crime

[@JGrand-fe2lc]

This what happens when we keep easing up on laws. Soft on law only works in favor of criminals.

[@user-hn2gi7tm4v]

The governor should be ashamed of himself This man gave his life for this town and wouldn’t fly the police flag He’s not a patriot So sad Pelletier had only one thing after he gave his life and that was respect from the town and they couldn’t respect that and wouldn’t fly the police flag Instead they flew the flag of weakness to this country I’m beside myself for this corruption of a man’s last standing God bless the family cause the town doesn’t have her back Totally disgusting

[@johnnyreb8030]

Its safer to be a cop than a bartender. Fact

[@the1zar]

That's what happens when your a road pirate ..

[@imbout2blow]

you definitely don’t know what a road pirate

[@legionk9884]

You remind me of this dude who was a self proclaimed sovereign citizen and then fled police.

[@user-wv3wv9fe3l]

I feel for the family and law enforcement.. Just to point out , there’s a awful lot of state police cars getting hit vs well marked local police cars, fire trucks, ambulances and tow trucks. It’s easy to notice officers stopping that truck. All un marked state police cars with h heavy tinted windows with all those lights flashing, not one state police car has its roof mounted light bar on . Officers should be wearing safety colored vests for high visibility.

[@lablaine1981]

Same story in MN 🥶...move over" law helps a tiny amount,still 🧩d by horrible MN drivers,even worse w/5 months ❄️❄️

[@John-jg5dh]

If you aren't paying attention while you're driving, you shouldn't be on the road. No excuse ...so sad.

[@xtremearmor]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@gliderider7077]

It wasn’t an “accident”

[@jasonlyijnen84]

He sign up for the job.

[@Ghostface24315]

Fox 61 why do you hate the truth

[@ramondtaylor9852]

It's a pickup truck...not a truck u report need 2 get it right damit...

[@ThatGirl-ku5dq]

The difference is????? What?

[@ramondtaylor9852]

@@ThatGirl-ku5dq wwwooowww

[@user-pb9py4ld9w]

Hit n run most likely drunk other wise why not stop? RIP Aaron Pelletier. My condolences to his family 👮🙏🏽

[@bit7561]

God Bless his beautiful family ❤ The City and Mayor should be dismissed from their duty! We should always pay the highest respect for our fallen officers 💙 🙏 The rainbow flag is a insult he wasn't gay

[@Lekeion-jt1co]

Did Dr. Carver do the autopsy?

[@elijah3427]

Nobody cares until something bad happens we need our police departments and state troopers Across America to enforce especially speeding people are too careless when it comes down to driving on the road need to be more strict on slow down move over to the families India officers that lost their dear friend today my condolences sorry for your loss but this needs to be enforced across the states

[@forgivetwitch7640]

RIP TFC Pelletier

[@user-hn2gi7tm4v]

I’ll try again There is no pride or professionalism’s with the town council not allowing the blue thin line flag not being displayed Instead they flew the alphabet flag Totally a disgrace to the family I give the family my condolences and best wishes My son is a state trooper and I fear that call every day God bless you trooper Pelletier Your in a better place and god bless your family

[@Waterlogged-nt8sz]

Michigan taxpayers no longer feel safe leaving the safety of their suburban homes for groceries doctor appointments or medical emergencies! (Heck, we aren't even safe in our homes either) Oakland County deputies are heavily trained to abuse, harass, and extort taxpayer's wealth, freedom, liberty, privacy, dignity, futures, and sometimes life, for corporate profit and job security! ... Thank God Oakland County has online shopping, door dash and mail-order prescription medications for the elderly! - USMC (Semper Fidelis) SGT E-5 (5811)

[@CoughCoughFeds]

Cough cough

[@Ac30.]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bichchan7268]

😅👍

[@user-vh9hk4nu4d]

Sea of blue , we are with you!!

[@25yrsotj]

💙 🙏 🇺🇸💙

[@KenAnnabis]

🫡

[@johnnyreb8030]

Don't pull Americans over on the HI way just to tax them for seat belt.

[@hardcoredemise]

😊

[@dozervin1]

Why did they really need 500 troopers all over the place? Get your asses back on patrol. Geez.

[@ThatGirl-ku5dq]

Are you eve kidding me? Shame on you!

[@dozervin1]

@@ThatGirl-ku5dq No really. It's like nothing happens in Mayberry.

[@Lekeion-jt1co]

Pelletier had over 20 civil rights violations filed against him before he got what he deserved, playing mason on a highway.

[@SwissManEdits]

@@dozervin1disrespectful, shame on you. Pelleteir was my dad’s best friend and roommate in the police academy. Pelleteris death runied my dad, he can’t even speak. Shame on you.

[@dozervin1]

@@SwissManEdits Still. 500 Troopers? Clogging up the friggin place? Really? Taxpayers' money.

[@ilobmirt]

🎉🎉🎉 ACAB 🎉🎉🎉

[@ilobmirt]

@Sneaklord112 sure, saying that with a lot of authority as a person with a bunch of numbers in your username. Don't you have a leather boot for dinner tonight?

[@imbout2blow]

look a furry with a retarded opinion who would’ve guessed

[@alphabravo424]

Guess your the person who calls their local drug dealer to deal with a robbery

[@ilobmirt]

@Sneaklord112 My family and I talk. And they known I'm a furry for the longest time. It's not news to them.

[@ilobmirt]

@@alphabravo424 not really a big gotcha. Of course I hold more trust in the working class than I would the people who betray it. Those that get their bread through the hustle are good people Those that get their bread off the assets they own are bad people It's not rocket science

[@SPMech1]

💪💪💪💪💙💙🙏🙏💙💙💪💪💪💪

[@didrivekopel2511]

I feel bad for his family and i hope he go to better place to meet our father in heaven but its just not smart to Harassed people for seatbelt on busy highway and put own and others life in such a danger just to give you a ticket for seatbelt i don't understand why would you do that.