Trooper Ellen E. Engelhardt, who was left in a permanent vegetative state after being struck by a drunk driver in 2003, has died, State Police said today.
Trooper Ellen Engelhardt
“It is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of Trooper Ellen Engelhardt, who was not just a valued colleague but also a dear friend who dedicated her career to protecting the citizens of our state. Since suffering the tragic injuries inflicted upon her in the line of duty by a drunk driver, Trooper Engelhardt has been an inspiration to every member of this Department for the courage, grace and dignity with which she lived,” Colonel Marian J. McGovern, the superintendent of the State Police, said in a statement.
Engelhardt was injured when a car traveling at nearly 100 miles per hour slammed into her cruiser, which was parked in the breakdown lane of Route 25 in Wareham.
The drunk driver, William P. Senne, who was 18 at the time of the crash, was sentenced in 2005 to 2 1/2 years in the Plymouth County House of Correction.
State Police said Engelhardt suffered “traumatic and life-altering injuries” in the crash on July 26, 2003. Her death is considered a “line-of-duty” death, and she is the 32nd member of the force to be killed in the line of duty since the agency’s founding.
A 2.5 year sentence is an absolute disgrace. What’s done is done, though, and cannot be changed; hopefully young Mr. Senne will live with this memory for the rest of his life.
I am writing today with a somewhat unusual request.
First and foremost, I am asking that you return America to its
August 20th, 1959 borders, so that Hawaii is no longer a state
and you are no longer a citizen.
President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country.
On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration stemmed from the unification of the Armed Forces under one department — the Department of Defense.
From the NRA – a nice video tribute to those that really count, that get the job done every day, and don’t seek fame or credit for it….
Border Patrol officers busted 13 illegal immigrants trying to sneak across the border by disguising themselves as U.S. Marines.
Two Border Patrol officers with military experience stopped a white van with altered U.S. government plates last Monday at the Campo, California, checkpoint and found the men inside all sporting crew cuts and Marine desert uniforms, all with the name “Perez.”
– Sarah Ryley
You gotta love how all the uniform name tags were “Perez”. Classic.
