Alex Oyola-Sanchez pleaded guilty in the hit-and-run crash that killed Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier in May on Interstate 84.

A man accused of hitting and killing a state trooper last year accepted a plea deal during a court appearance on Tuesday.

A hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a Connecticut state trooper on a highway last year pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge Tuesday, agreeing to an 18-year prison sentence over the objection of the trooper's widow.

A man charged in the hit-and-run that killed a Connecticut State Police trooper in May 2024 accepted a plea deal during a court appearance Tuesday in New Britain. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 45, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier.