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Truck towing trailer with 3 cars slams into Ariz. trooper along highway

The trooper was filling out paperwork about 20 feet off the highway; a driver went off the highway and struck the trooper’s vehicle, sending it 60 feet

Truck towing trailer with 3 cars slams into trooper along highway, AZ cops say

Authorities said the Dodge driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, troopers said.

Arizona Department of Public Safety

By Helena Wegner
Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — A truck was towing three vehicles on a trailer when the driver slammed into a trooper on the side of an Arizona highway, authorities said.

The crash happened at about 7:30 p.m. April 2 on the shoulder of Interstate 10 in Buckeye, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said in a Facebook post.

The trooper was filling out paperwork from a “non-injury collision report,” about 20 feet off the highway, authorities said.

Then a driver in a Dodge Ram 3500 truck went off the highway and struck the trooper’s vehicle, sending it 60 feet, troopers said.

The trooper was taken to a hospital for possible head trauma, along with other potential injuries.

Authorities said the Dodge driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, troopers said.

Buckeye is about a 40-mile drive west from Phoenix.

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