Impaired driver, the Conn. Trooper sentenced and killed to 18 years

Associated Press

New Britain, Conn. – A man who scored and killed a goal on a motorway last year was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday, which was not considered long enough by the soldier's widow.

Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 45, from Hartford, apologized and asked for forgiveness of the family of Soldier First Class Aaron Pelletier During a hearing at the New Britain Superior Court. State Troopers and Pelleters relatives and friends filled the courtroom.

Pelletier's widow, Dominique Pelletier, had asked for a 30-year sentence. Her two sons were 3 and 5 years old when her father was killed.

The 18-year-old prison sentence was agreed by the defense and law enforcement, as an Oyola-Sanchez okay to be guilty After homicide in February.

Pelletier, a nine -year -old veteran of the state police, worked overtime on a traffic detail on May 30, 2024 when he survived a driver because he had not worn a seat belt on Interstate 84 in Southington. When he spoke to the driver, a pickup entered his right shoulder and hit Pelletier, his cruiser and the vehicle stopped before he started.

Oyola-Sanchez was arrested on the I-84 and charged with manslaughter that operated under the influence of alcohol or drugs and several other crimes. According to the police, he later told the investigators that he was snorting fentanyl and cocaine that day.

Oyola-Sanchez had earlier convictions in his home country in Puerto Rico because of murder and three cases of murder attempt murder, according to a representative of the state deposit.

Pelletier, a native Southington, was the 26th Connecticut soldier, who died on duty since the agency was founded in 1903.

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