MSHP trooper seriously injured while working traffic stop
The trooper was arresting a suspected DWI driver when a passing car slammed into them.
The trooper was arresting a suspected DWI driver when a passing car slammed into them.
A trooper with the Missouri State Highway Patrol is in the hospital with serious injuries after a car crashed into them at a traffic stop.
MSHP says the trooper pulled over a driver suspected of driving while intoxicated on northbound I-35 just past MO 210 around midnight Wednesday.
The driver had pulled over on the left shoulder of the road. The trooper placed the driver under arrest and moved them to the trooper's patrol car. The trooper was standing on the passenger side of the car, next to the passing lane, when a car collided with the patrol car and the trooper.
An ambulance took the trooper to a hospital with serious injuries. They underwent surgery Wednesday morning and is in serious but stable condition. The driver of the passing car received minor injuries. The arrested driver was not hurt.
The MSHP's Major Crash Investigation Unit is looking into this incident.
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