The widow of a state trooper killed in the line of duty by an allegedly intoxicated motorist in Enfield last summer has been approved to collect a death benefit of about $400 a month for the next 10 years, authorities said.
Attorney General George Jepsen announced his approval of the $50,000 death benefit to Sheila Hall, widow of Trooper First Class Kenneth R. Hall of Hartford.
Kenneth Hall, 57, died Sept. 2 during a traffic stop on I-91 in Enfield when his cruiser was struck by a speeding pickup, authorities said. He was an ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran who was a state trooper for 22 years.
Connecticut Public Safety Commissioner James Thomas formally requested the benefit on Sheila Hall’s behalf, officials said.
State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance said the attorney general approves all benefit requests for troopers who succumb in the line of duty to ensure their survivors satisfy all legal criteria.
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