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Police Officer Killed In Multi-Vehicle Westchester Crash Police Officer Killed In Multi-Vehicle Westchester Crash
Police Officer Killed In Multi-Vehicle Westchester Crash Updated story: ID Released For Police Sergeant Killed In Multi-Vehicle Westchester Crash Involving Teen Driver A police officer was killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Westchester County. It happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 in Yonkers on Tuckahoe Road at the Sprain Brook Parkway overpass. The sergeant, who was on-duty in an unmarked police vehicle, was traveling westbound on Tuckahoe Road when a BMW sedan traveling eastbound "apparently lost control and crossed into the opposite lanes, striking the sergeant's vehicle, and a Westchester County Bee-Line bus," Yonkers Police sai…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Longtime Local Police Officer In CT Killed In Crash Just Days After Retiring Longtime Local Police Officer In CT Killed In Crash Just Days After Retiring
Longtime Local Police Officer In CT Killed In Crash Just Days After Retiring A 24-year veteran of a local Connecticut police department was killed in a crash just two days after he retired. Hamden Police Officer Michael Pantera died in the crash in North Branford on Tuesday, Aug. 2, the Hamden Police Department announced. He retired on Sunday, July 31, the police department said. "Mike Pantera was a compassionate and caring Police Officer who was very proud to serve in the town where he was raised and still had family living here," Acting Chief of Police Timothy Wydra said. "He was always ready to lend a hand or volunteer to help an Officer or community member. We …

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by Nicole Valinote
Obituaries
Officer Killed In Capitol Attack Was HS Athlete In New England Officer Killed In Capitol Attack Was HS Athlete In New England
Officer Killed In Capitol Attack Was HS Athlete In New England The police officer killed in a car attack at the United States Capitol was a native of Western Massachusetts who was a high school athlete. Berkshire County native William "Billy" Evans, who grew up in North Adams and neighboring Clarksburg, graduated from Western New England University. He was 41 years old and served for nearly two decades in the US Capitol Police Force. He was killed when a 25-year-old man rammed the car into two officers at a barricade outside the Capitol building on Friday, April 2.  The knife-wielding suspect, identified as who authorities said then lunged t…

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by Joe Lombardi