Pennsylvania State Trooper Killed While Inspecting Tractor-…
Semi Truck Crash Schuylkill Pennsylvania in Chester, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Michael E. Pahira, a 20-year veteran, was killed on Wednesday morning while conducting a commercial vehicle safety inspection near mile marker 119 on Interstate 81 south in Cass Township, Schuylkill County. Another southbound tractor-trailer left the roadway, entered the shoulder, and struck Pahira's marked inspection vehicle, pushing it into the tractor-trailer he was inspecting. Pahira, who was standing near the driver's door of the inspected truck, became trapped beneath one of the vehicles, and the striking truck caught fire. Other troopers and emergency responders pulled him from beneath the burning vehicle, but he never regained consciousness and later died at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Schuylkill. The driver of the tractor-trailer that struck the inspection scene was transported to a hospital.