FOUNTAIN SPRINGS – Funeral services will be held today for a PSP trooper killed in the line of duty. Trooper Michael Pahira lost his life along Interstate 81 Wednesday, July 1st. The 44-year-old officer was inspecting a truck along the interstate in Schuylkill County when another truck went off the roadway and hitting the officer. A public visitation is planned for today from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at North Schuylkill High School Auditorium, 15 Academy Lane in Ashland. Funeral services will then begin at 11 a.m. The service will be available on PSP’s Facebook page. Pahira was the 106th member of the PA State Police to die in the line of duty. Authorities say the truck driver who killed Pahira, 33-year-old Michael Bon, faces several charges including homicide by vehicle. The Department of Homeland Security said that Bon was an illegal immigrant from Haiti.
TPR. MICHAEL PAHIRA