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Law Enforcement Honors Fallen Trooper During Motorcade

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- Law enforcement across Colorado honored fallen State Trooper Jaimie Jursevics on Tuesday during a motorcade bringing her family to Denver.

Jursevics was struck by a suspected drunk driver just before 9 p.m. Sunday. She had been assisting another trooper on the scene of an accident at Interstate 25 and Tomah Road.

Jaimie Jursevics
Jaimie Jursevics (credit: Colorado State Patrol)

On Tuesday her family, who was traveling from Utah, was escorted along Interstate 70 across Colorado and saluted by law enforcement on overpasses.

FALLEN TROOPER MOTORCADE (1)
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FALLEN TROOPER MOTORCADE
Fallen State Trooper Jaimie Jursevics was honored during a motorcade along I-70 (credit: CBS)
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