A man who was high on drugs when he struck and killed a Connecticut state trooper on a highway last year has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The man charged in the hit-and-run that killed a Connecticut State Police trooper in May 2024 was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 45, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in a hit-and-run that killed Connecticut State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier.

A Hartford man who admitted to hitting and killing a Connecticut State Trooper and then driving away will spend the next 18 years behind bars, authorities said. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 45, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of