Massachusetts State Trooper Killed In Crash Was Also a Marine Veteran

State trooper, Marine vet killed in crash during traffic stop, driver charged 
Associated Press 
March 17, 2016

Clardy joined the state police in 2005. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He leaves behind a wife and six children.

(Paul Kapteyn/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP)

A Massachusetts State Police trooper who was injured in a car crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike has died.

Forty-four-year-old Thomas Clardy died Wednesday.

Police say Clardy had stopped a car for a traffic violation when his cruiser was hit by another vehicle around noon in Charlton.
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