The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released the cause of death for a state trooper who was involved in a crash last week.
It said Trooper First Class Kevin Miller, 49, died of blunt force impact to the head, torso, and extremities with fractures and visceral injuries.
Miller’s cruiser collided with the back end of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 eastbound by exit 68 on Thursday afternoon.
He was just shy of reaching the 20-year mark with Connecticut State Police.
According to the accident report released last week, the tractor-trailer was traveling in the right lane at a rate that was slower than the flow of traffic.
Miller struck the back of it.
No charges were filed. http://www.wfsb.com/story/37859648/funeral-arrangements-for-state-trooper-killed-in-crash-announced
Find out more here: CT Trooper Kevin Miller Became a Victim of Preventable Underride When He Rear-Ended a Tractor Trailer
See more underride tragedies at Underride Crash Memorials and on our Interactive Underride Crash Map. To add more information on this story or to add other underride crashes to this map, send an email to underridemap@gmail.com; use this Interactive Underride Crash Map Crash Location Input Form.
Note: In order to raise awareness and preserve the memories of underride victims — precious ones gone too soon — I have been writing memorial posts on what appear to me to be underride crashes. I am not a crash reconstructionist, and I do not have all the facts on these crashes; but underride should be investigated as a potential factor in truck crash injuries and deaths.
