A hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a Connecticut state trooper last year has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge and agreed to serve an 18-year prison sentence.

Alex Oyola-Sanchez pleaded guilty in the hit-and-run crash that killed Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier in May on Interstate 84.

A man charged in the hit-and-run that killed a Connecticut State Police trooper in May 2024 accepted a plea deal during a court appearance Tuesday in New Britain. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 45, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier.