1.   A trooper gets his head blown off.

2.   Moments later, both officials said, the trooper got behind the Marquis and turned on his emergency lights.

3.   The state police account said that the two troopers got out of their marked patrol car and approached the van.

4.   The troopers do not get overtime while traveling.

5.   With children calmed, troopers could get information they needed.