(WHDH) — Authorities are asking drivers to “slow down, move over and just drive” after a Maine State Police trooper was nearly struck by the driver of a box truck who admitted to distracted driving.
Dashcam video shared by the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety shows the truck smash into the side of the cruiser seconds after the trooper got back in.
“We almost lost a Maine State Trooper to distracted driving. As you can see in this video, mere seconds saved him from being run over by the driver of a box truck who admittedly was looking at his phone,” safety officials said in a Facebook post.
The trooper was not injured.
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