Trooper fired after fatal crash.

The article reports on the termination of employment of a trooper after he hit and killed a woman and hurt her son in Lyons, New York. Erik Kristansen was driving a speeding police cruiser while trying to help a Wayne County sheriff deputy who stopped a vehicle believed to be involved in a robbery. It was reported that he was driving 127 miles per hour (MPH) when he skidded and hit the car driven by Shonda Skinner. He was cleared of criminal liability but Skinner's family may sue him.