CANFIELD ‒ An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper was killed in a crash the afternoon of Oct. 16 on state Route 11 south of U.S. Route 224.

Trooper Nicholas P. Cayton died after a semi-truck collided with his cruiser that he was sitting in, according to a Facebook post by the patrol. The trooper had stopped to help a disabled commercial vehicle.

"Today, the Patrol lost a member of our family. This is a tragedy for the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Public Safety,” Patrol Superintendent Colonel Charles A. Jones said in a statement. “Our prayers go out to the Cayton family during this difficult time.”

The crash occurred sometime before 1 p.m., WFMJ-TV in Youngstown reported. Cayton was parked with his emergency lights on when a semi-truck hit the cruiser which coll

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