NEWMARKET, Ont. - York Regional Police have identified the officer who died after being struck and trapped by a vehicle during a traffic stop in Newmarket, Ont., as Const. Garrett Styles.

The 32-year-old officer was a seven-year veteran of the force who was married with two small children.

Styles was struck by a vehicle he stopped on Highway 48 near Herald Road in the Town of East Gwillimbury north of Toronto at about 5 a.m.

He was taken to South Lake Regional Health Centre where he died of his injuries at approximately 6:10 a.m.

Styles joined York Regional Police as a cadet-in-training in December 2003 and became a constable in May 2004.