Roll of Honor
Incident
Auxiliary Trooper Edward Truelove was killed when his patrol car was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer and burst into flames on I-84, at its junction with Route 70, in Cheshire. He was calling in a disabled vehicle at the time of the accident. Prior to the accident, he had directed the occupants of the disabled vehicle to climb onto a nearby embankment to stay out of harm's way. Trooper Truelove had served with the Connecticut State Police for over 20 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his three sisters.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Auxiliary Trooper Truelove gave the Connecticut State Police 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Connecticut. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Auxiliary Trooper Truelove.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Auxiliary Trooper Edward W. Truelove is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CT, 73 of 169 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.2% of this state's fallen. That is 12.2 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Connecticut State Police, 15 of 26 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 57.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward W. Truelove's cause is highlighted.
How Edward W. Truelove Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edward W. Truelove is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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