New York trooper charged with murder after fatal crash

A trooper successful New York has been charged with execution aft helium allegedly rammed his constabulary conveyance into a car occupied by a household that resulted successful the decease of an 11-year-old girl.

On Wednesday, Attorney General Letitia James announced that Christopher Baldner was besides charged with second-degree manslaughter and reckless endangerment.

The lawyer general's bureau said that connected December 22, 2020, portion connected duty, Baldner stopped Tristan Goods for speeding successful Ulster County earlier midnight. The Goods were connected their mode to sojourn household for Christmas. In the conveyance was Tristan, his wife, and their 2 daughters, ages 11 and 12.

Baldner dispensed capsicum spray wrong the Goods' conveyance during the stop, and Tristan Goods sped off, according to the lawyer general's office.

Baldner past followed the vehicle, ramming it doubly from the backmost earlier the Goods' conveyance flipped respective times. Monica Goods was ejected from the car and died, according to the indictment.

“Police officers are entrusted to support and serve, but Trooper Baldner allegedly violated that spot erstwhile helium utilized his car arsenic a deadly limb and killed a young girl,” said Attorney General James. “While thing volition bring Monica back, we indispensable clasp instrumentality enforcement to the highest standards, which is wherefore my bureau is committed to seeking justness successful this case.”

Baldner's adjacent tribunal quality is scheduled for Nov. 4.

The indictment said Baldner is besides accused of utilizing his constabulary conveyance successful September 2019 to ram a car with 3 radical inside, likewise endangering their lives.