Pearle R. Roberts

Trooper

State

CT State Police

End of Watch: 11/25/1922

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Trooper Roberts was returning from duty when the front wheel of his motorcycle caught the groove of a trolley truck. He was thrown headfirst over the handlebars and died shortly thereafter.

Trooper Pearle E. Roberts of Norwich was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident on November 25, 1922. Roberts was returning from duty at the Yale-Harvard game in New Haven when the front wheel of his motorcycle caught the groove of a trolley truck on Whitney Avenue in Mount Carmel. He was thrown headfirst over the handlebars and the motorcycle landed on him. Roberts fractured his head on the curb and died shortly thereafter.