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One of the two Pennsylvania State Police troopers killed early Monday morning in Philadelphia was from Bristol Borough.
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Law enforcement sources said 33-year-old Martin F. Mack III, a husband and father of two, lived in the borough.
The other trooper killed – Branden T. Sisca, 29 – was from Montgomery County.
Mack’s remains were returned to Bristol Borough Monday afternoon in a precession of police vehicles that came off I-95 and traveled under two fire department ladder trucks with an American flag hanging under along Mill Street.
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Mack and Sisca were out on I-95 southbound near the stadium complex in Philadelphia just before 1 a.m. when they were struck by a vehicle. The two troopers were on the highway for a report of a person walking on I-95.
At the time of the crash, they were helping the male pedestrian into a state police SUV, according to authorities.
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The pedestrian was also killed in the crash, but their name has not been released, state police said.
The vehicle that struck the state police SUV and killed the three stopped at the scene.
Troop K Commanding Officer Capt. James Kemm said bystanders stopped and attempted to aid the troopers, but both ended being pronounced deceased at the scene.
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The female driver is being investigated for possible intoxicated driving, Bemm said.
Mack enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in November 2014 and graduated as a member of the 141st cadet class.
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Sisca joined the Pennsylvania State Police in February 2021.
Mack and Sisca spent their entire careers assigned to the patrol section of Troop K in Philadelphia.
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Top state police brass, Gov. Tom Wolf, and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman were on hand for a press conference on the deaths in Philadelphia Monday morning.
“This is a heartbreaking tragedy that occurred while these troopers were protecting and serving,” Wolf said. “This mournful incident is a stark reminder of the risks—and sacrifices—our law enforcement officers undertake every day to keep us safe. My heart goes out to their families and the communities they lived in and served.”
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“Our department is heartbroken with the tragedy that occurred early this morning in Philadelphia,” said Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Col. Robert Evanchick. “We ask our fellow Pennsylvanians to keep the families of our troopers and the pedestrian in their thoughts. This is an extremely difficult time.”
Credit: PA Internet News Service
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