{"id":238326,"date":"2026-07-08T11:54:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238326\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:54:45","slug":"pennsylvania-state-trooper-michael-pahira-jr-to-be-laid-to-rest-after-being-fatally-struck-on-i-81-in-schuylkill-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238326\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira, Jr. to be laid to rest after being fatally struck on I-81 in Schuylkill County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BUTLER TWP., Pa.  (WPVI) &#8212; A Pennsylvania State Trooper who was killed in a crash on Interstate 81 will be laid to rest Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A public viewing for Trooper Michael Pahira, Jr., is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at North Schuylkill High School in Butler Township.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/19431585_070126-wpvi-Michael-Pahira-img.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A funeral will follow at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/pennsylvania-state-police-trooper-killed-crash-interstate-81\/19430511\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trooper Pahira was fatally struck on I-81<\/a> last week by a tractor-trailer while conducting a safety inspection on another truck in Cass Township, Schuylkill County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to state police, a passing commercial vehicle hit Pahira while he was conducting the inspection with his emergency lights activated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The alleged driver, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/massachusetts-truck-driver-charged-crash-killed-pennsylvania-state-police-trooper-interstate-81\/19434547\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">33-year-old Michael Bon<\/a>, is facing homicide charges. He is being held on $700,000 bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Pahira, 44, was assigned to Troop L, Frackville and had been with the state police for 20 years.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUTLER TWP., Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; A Pennsylvania State Trooper who was killed in a crash on Interstate 81&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102573,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-238326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-102573","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}