A section of the Florida Turnpike was renamed Wednesday after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper who was killed in the line of duty.
The stretch of road between mile markers 34 and 26 will be named Trooper Patrick Ambroise Memorial Highway, and it is meant to honor Patrick Ambroise, who was killed in the line of duty in May 2010.
Ambroise’s patrol car was struck from behind while he was stopped on the shoulder of the Turnpike near Okeechobee Road and Hialeah Gardens.
The car veered onto the shoulder, striking Ambroise’s car, causing it to burst into flames while he was trapped inside.
Ambroise left behind a wife and two daughters, 5-years-old and 3-months-old, at the time of his death.
Ambroise was a four-year veteran of the department and according to his widow, he loved his job.