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Procession through Cleveland for Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper killed in crash on Interstate 90

Posted at 12:13 PM, Sep 16, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-16 17:18:56-04

Law enforcement officers from Northeast Ohio took part in a procession Friday afternoon for an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper, who was killed when he was hit by a car on Interstate 90. 

Trooper Kenneth Velez was hit by a car while conducting traffic enforcement on Interstate 90 Thursday and later died from his injuries.

The procession was scheduled to start at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office at 1 p.m.

Officers accompanied Velez's body to the Richard J. Reidy Funeral Home in Lorain. 

Watch a previously recorded live stream of the procession below: