Trooper Jorge A. Agosto
Connecticut State Police
Connecticut

End of Watch: Wednesday, November 22, 1989
Cause: Struck by vehicle

Biographical Info
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: 787

Trooper Jorge Agosto was struck and killed by a vehicle while working a Thanksgiving holiday traffic detail on I-95 in Greenwich. Trooper Agosto had stopped to assist another trooper and was struck by a car while walking on the shoulder of the highway. The driver of the car that struck him had been suffering a diabetic seizure at the time of the accident.

Trooper Agosto had served with the Connecticut State Police for two years and was assigned to Troop L. He was survived by his wife.

 
Photograph: Trooper Jorge A. Agosto

Patch image: Connecticut State Police, Connecticut

Visit Trooper Agosto's memorial at www.ODMP.org