FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut State Police trooper has suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries while helping a motorist who had pulled over.
Police say Trooper Gregory Sawicki was helping the occupants of a car that had pulled over in the median of Interstate 95 in Fairfield at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Sawicki stopped his cruiser behind the disabled vehicle and activated his emergency lights.
A third vehicle, an SUV that was driving in the left-hand lane of the highway, struck the cruiser from behind, pushing it into the first car.
Sawicki was taken to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries.
Two occupants of the disabled car and the driver of the SUV that struck the cruiser also suffered minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
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