Crime & Safety

State Trooper Suspended After Car Crash In Brookfield: Report

The Connecticut State Police have suspended an officer who was involved in a car crash with a police cruiser in Brookfield.

BROOKFIELD, CT — The Connecticut State Police have suspended an officer who was involved in a car crash with a police cruiser in Brookfield on Sunday evening.

Fox61 is reporting that Sgt. Catherine Koeppel was traveling north on Route 7 at the Route 202 intersection in a state police vehicle when her cruiser rear-ended a Kia Optima traveling in the same direction. No injuries were reported.

For more, see the story on Fox61.

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