Present day:
DENVER — The Colorado State Trooper
killed in a wreck on I-25 Sunday night was has been identified as Jaimie Jursevics, a young wife and mother.
She was 33 years old.
The Colorado State Patrol issued a statement announcing the tragic news just before 10:30 a.m. Monday, along with a statement from CSP Chief Scott Hernandez.
“Our family has been hurt today,” Hernandez said. “A senseless act has taken the life of someone who swore to protect Colorado. We offer our thoughts, prayers and full condolences to her family. We will grieve with them, and with them we will never forget her sacrifice.”
Jursevics joined the State Patrol in January 2011. She was first assigned to Vail before being transferred to Castle Rock last year. She is survived by her husband and “young child,” according to CSP.
The
driver suspected of hitting and killing Colorado State Patrol Trooper Jaimie Jursevics on Interstate 25 Sunday night
is a retired Army colonel with a long, distinguished history of service, records show.
Eric Peter Henderson, 52, was booked into the Douglas County Jail just before 7 a.m. Monday on investigation of vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a deadly accident, driving under the influence and careless driving causing death.
Henderson was being held on $1 million bond, according to court records.
Henderson was stopped on the highway in Monument, about 20 miles from the accident scene, by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and given sobriety tests, according to an official close to the investigation. The results of those tests are not available yet.
