Motorist with lengthy motor vehicle violation history and almost a dozen suspensions speeding and weaving across lanes before crashing into Trooper on the roadside. No excuses, no shifting the blame.
To EVERYONE out on the roads, PUT DOWN YOUR IPOD, HANG UP THE PHONE, PUT AWAY YOUR MAKEUP, STOW THE NEWSPAPER, SLOW DOWN, PAY ATTENTION AND STOP MAIMING AND KILLING POLICE OFFICERS!!! THEIR LIVES ARE WORTH MORE THAN 5 SECONDS OFF YOUR TRIP!!!
ENFIELD, Conn. — A 32-year-old Enfield man was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that struck a Connecticut police cruiser, killing a state trooper, police said yesterday.
Michael Pajak was speeding Thursday afternoon when the truck he was driving veered into a State Police cruiser parked in the northbound shoulder on Interstate 91 during a traffic stop, police said. Trooper Kenneth Hall was pronounced dead at a Springfield, Mass., hospital…
Hartford Courant via Insurance News:
Driver had License Suspended 10 Times:
Sept. 04–The man who police said veered across I-91 and crashed into a police cruiser Thursday, killing a state trooper, has had his license suspended 10 times, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
In fact, Michael Pajak, 32, of Enfield drove legally for a single day — April 2, 2002 — during the seven years from Nov. 15, 2000, to Sept. 28, 2007, according to DMV records. His license was not suspended at the time of Thursday’s crash.
Pajak also has at least two arrests on a charge of driving while intoxicated, according to court records obtained Friday. It is not clear whether alcohol was involved in Thursday’s crash, which killed Trooper First Class Kenneth Hall.
Police Procession Honors Trooper Hall
WINDSOR, Conn. (WGGB) — Hundreds of police, fire, and EMS lined Interstate 91 in tribute as the body of Trooper First Class Kenneth Hall was brought back to Connecticut from western Massachusetts.
Trooper Hall was killed while on duty Thursday on I-91 in Enfield.
On Friday, a long procession of police cars accompanied Hall’s body back from Massachusetts to Connecticut…
…I am the father of a 12 year veteran of the Connecticut State Police and signed the petition “MOVE OVER FOR TROOPERS”, that was signed into law by CT Governor Rell.
This most recent tragedy crushes me to the core and I can only say “REST IN PEACE Trooper First Class Kenneth Hall” and be vigilant to all who serve between good and bad.
There are those of us that want each and every one of you to return home safely at the end of your watch. – AHC
