CHICOPEE, MASS. (WHDH) - A 32-year-old woman was arraigned Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run involving a state trooper in Chicopee.
Naisha Rodriguez, of Springfield, is charged with driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury, misleading a police investigation, and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash causing personal injury, according to the Hampden District Attorney’s office.
A Massachusetts State Police trooper was hospitalized Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on I-90 West, near exit 51, the office said in a statement.
The trooper was seriously injured but in stable condition, prosecutors said. Investigators arrested Rodriguez, the suspected driver, on Wednesday at her home in Springfield.
Bail was set at $500,000, officials said. Rodriguez is due back in court in July.
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