The Wyoming Highway Patrol says that a trooper was injured after a WHP patrol vehicle was truck in Northeastern Wyoming yesterday.
The collision occurred Monday, February 24, 2020, on US 212 west of the community of Colony, Wyoming.
WHP says the trooper was stopped on the shoulder of the roadway finishing up with a previous crash. An eastbound commercial vehicle jackknifed, causing the trailer to strike the back of the stopped WHP patrol vehicle. The trooper, who was in the driver’s seat, was knocked unconscious. A passing motorist who witnessed the crash stopped and called for assistance using the trooper’s radio.
The WHP trooper was transported to Monument Health in Spearfish, South Dakota, for injuries sustained in the crash. The trooper who was injured also is assigned a K-9. His K-9 partner was inside the vehicle when he was struck, but was not injured.
The driver of the commercial vehicle was not injured in the crash.
This article originally appeared on Oil City News. Used with permission.