Illegal Immigrant Arrested After Washington State Trooper Killed in Highway Crash

The suspect from Mexico is being held in Snohomish County Jail on $1 million bail following the fatal accident.
Illegal Immigrant Arrested After Washington State Trooper Killed in Highway Crash
Washington State Patrol troopers stop vehicles at a road block on Washington Highway 530 near a massive mudslide in Darrington, Wash., on March 28, 2014. David Ryder/Getty Images
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An illegal immigrant from Mexico was arrested on Saturday after allegedly crashing his car into a Washington State Trooper’s vehicle on Interstate 5, resulting in the police officer’s death, authorities said.

Trooper Christopher Gadd, 27, was patrolling southbound Interstate 5 in Marysville when a motorist struck his parked patrol car. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to multiple reports.

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