U.S. Air Force · United States 
Joseph DeFrino
1962
Joseph Paul DeFrino served the U.S. Air Force.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Trooper Joseph DeFrino, Trooper Milan Simcak, and Trooper Arthur Abagnale were killed in an automobile accident on the New Jersey Turnpike near the Passaic River Bridge in Kearny. The troopers were accompanying a dump truck, with red lights flashing and traveling at 15- 20 miles an hour when a bus rounded a curve, hit a car, and then rolled onto the cruiser and pushed it into the truck. The driver of the bus stated that his brakes failed. The troopers were pronounced dead at the scene. Trooper DeFrino was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the New Jersey State Police for three years.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents, two sisters, and fiancee.
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
Also Served
New Jersey State Police
Trooper
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