Retired Army Colonel Gets 8 Years In State Trooper’s Death

A retired Army colonel was sentenced to 8 years in prison Tuesday for hitting and killing a Colorado State Patrol trooper with his truck as she was investigating a crash near Colorado Springs.

The Denver Post reports 52-year-old Eric Peter Henderson also was ordered to serve five years of mandatory parole. He had pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence and tampering with evidence in the death of 33-year-old Trooper Jaimie Jursevics.