Highway Patrol Trooper Dies After Being Struck On SR 11

Police Vehicle of the Ohio State Highway Patrol

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An investigation is underway into a Thursday morning accident in Mahoning County that claimed the life of an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper.

Trooper Nicholas Cayton was on the scene of a disabled vehicle on State Route 11 Northbound -- near Youngstown -- and was sitting in his patrol vehicle with his emergency lights activated when he was hit by a Mack truck.

Trooper Cayton -- age 40 -- died at the scene.

The driver of the disabled vehicle was also hurt, and there has been no word on their condition. The driver of the Mack truck was not injured.


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