Aaron M. Pelletier

Trooper

State

CT State Police

End of Watch: 5/30/2024

Trooper Pelletier, age 34 and a nine-year veteran assigned to Troop H, was struck and killed by a truck while conducting a traffic stop on I-84 East near Exit 31 in Southington. The driver of the truck fled the scene of the accident and was caught a short time later and found to be under the influence. Trooper Pelletier’s canine partner, Roso, was in the cruiser when it was struck, but he was not injured.

Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was struck and killed by a truck while conducting a traffic stop on I-84 East near Exit 31 in Southington.

At 2:45 p.m., Trooper Pelletier pulled over a vehicle on the right shoulder of the highway with his emergency equipment activated on his cruiser. While he was speaking with the driver of the car, a truck crossed the dividing line into the shoulder lane, sideswiped his cruiser, and struck him. The driver fled in the vehicle and was apprehended approximately five miles away in a wooded area.

Trooper Pelletier was killed instantly. His canine partner, Roso, was in the cruiser when it was struck, but he was not injured.

The subject was arrested and charged with evading responsibility for a crash causing death, illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, failure to drive in the proper lane, second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, failure to move over, and illegal operation of a motor vehicle without a driver's license.

Trooper Pelletier had served with the Connecticut State Police for nine years and was assigned to Troop H in Hartford. He is survived by his wife and two children