Fallen Trooper Shaft Hunter Memorialized on I-95
"There are still heroes among us who are willing to give themselves for others." —Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Marcus Brown
Trooper First Class Shaft Sidney Hunter had a personality larger than life, according to those who memorialized him Friday by dedicating a highway sign in his name on Interstate 95. Hunter, 39 and the father of six, attempted to stop a motorcycle at approximately 2:40 a.m. on May 21, 2011, when his patrol car ran into a tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of I-95 south near the Welcome Center by Route 32. A witness told police that a motorcycle passed his vehicle "at a high rate of speed" and it was followed by a marked police car, which, moments later, crashed into the tractor-trailer in the fatal collision. Hunter had been with the Maryland State Police 11 years. On Friday, the State Highway Administration placed signs on northbound …
