Gov. M. Jodi Rell Orders Flags Lowered To Honor Dead Officer

Rell Orders Flags Lowered To Honor Dead Officer
The Associated Press
5:49 PM EDT, September 12, 2008
Gov. M. Jodi Rell has ordered flags in Connecticut to be lowered Saturday in memory of a New Haven police officer killed in a crash this week.

Rell is asking people and businesses to fly their U.S. and state flags at half-staff from sunrise through sunset in honor of Sgt. Dario "Scott" Aponte.

Aponte, a 17-year New Haven police officer, died of injuries in a crash late Tuesday with another cruiser on his way to a domestic violence call.

The other cruiser's driver, Officer Diane Gonzalez, remains in critical condition at Yale New Haven Hospital.


Officials said both cruisers' emergency lights and sirens were on at the time. State police are investigating the crash.
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