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State Trooper Struck, Dragged By Car At Mass Highway Rest Stop: Suspect Caught After Pursuit State Trooper Struck, Dragged By Car At Mass Highway Rest Stop: Suspect Caught After Pursuit
State Trooper Struck, Dragged By Car At Mass Highway Rest Stop: Suspect Caught After Pursuit This story has been updated. Authorities have apprehended the driver of a car that hit a state trooper and dragged him at a Massachusetts rest stop, causing him to be hospitalized, police said.  Related: Police ID Driver Accused Of Dragging Trooper During Traffic Stop The incident happened in Hampden County on Friday, Sept. 22, at 3 p.m., when a Massachusetts state trooper was struck and dragged by a vehicle he had tried stopping in the Holyoke rest area on northbound Interstate 91, according to state police.  The trooper was able to free himself from the car before it continued drivin…
Trooper In Serious Condition After Car Crashed Into Him In Milton Trooper In Serious Condition After Car Crashed Into Him In Milton
Trooper In Serious Condition After Car Crashed Into Him In Milton A Massachusetts State Trooper surveying a wreck in Milton early Sunday morning, June 25, was hit by a car on Route 93, authorities said.  The trooper was standing outside his vehicle between exits 3 and 4 around 3:15 a.m. when he was struck, state police said. Authorities did not release his name.  He was taken to a Boston hospital, where he is being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. His family and several members of the Massachusetts State Police are by his bedside.  No charges have been filed against the driver accused of crashing into the trooper. Pol…
Police K-9 And His Trooper Recover After Hopkinton Car Crashed Into Cruiser Police K-9 And His Trooper Recover After Hopkinton Car Crashed Into Cruiser
Police K-9 And His Trooper Recover After Hopkinton Car Crashed Into Cruiser A Massachusetts State Trooper and his police dog who were hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle on the interstate are expected to recover, authorities say.  The car crash occurred while State Trooper Ken Hanchett and his K-9 partner Orry were on duty protecting a construction crew on I-495 in Hopkinton in the afternoon of Monday, Dec. 19, the State Police Association of Massachusetts said on Facebook.  A vehicle heading southbound struck the Hanchett's cruiser, causing both the trooper and the dog to be rushed off the scene for medical care.  Earlier this afternoon, our member …
Drunk Driver Smashes Into MSP Cruiser, Injuring Trooper On I-93 In Randolph Drunk Driver Smashes Into MSP Cruiser, Injuring Trooper On I-93 In Randolph
Drunk Driver Smashes Into MSP Cruiser, Injuring Trooper On I-93 In Randolph A Massachusetts State Trooper is recovering after a drunk driver smashed into his cruiser that was stopped on the side of a major highway over the weekend, authorities said. The 35-year-old male Trooper was in the breakdown lane of I-93 north in Randolph when a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee rammed into the back of his cruiser around 7:18 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, Massachusetts State Police report.  This happened while the Trooper was conducting a traffic stop and waiting for an unregistered BMW to get towed. The force from the crash caused the cruiser to slam into the back of the BMW.  The ba…
Trooper Dives To Safety As Fleeing Woman Barrels Through Barricade: Police Trooper Dives To Safety As Fleeing Woman Barrels Through Barricade: Police
Trooper Dives To Safety As Fleeing Woman Barrels Through Barricade: Police A Massachusetts State Trooper was nearly run over on Monday, Aug. 22, after a fleeing woman drove through a police barricade on I-93 in Norfolk County, authorities said.  The incident began around 4:30 p.m. when troopers received a 911 call about a car driving erratically in the northbound lanes in Milton and hitting other vehicles, State Police said in a Facebook post. Troopers created a barricade ahead in to stop her, but instead of stopping, the woman sped up and drove at a police cruiser, the post continued. The trooper dove out of the way to safety just before the cars collided.&nb…
Ex-State Trooper Indicted In Drunken Boston Crash That Killed 51-Year-Old: DA Ex-State Trooper Indicted In Drunken Boston Crash That Killed 51-Year-Old: DA
Ex-State Trooper Indicted In Drunken Boston Crash That Killed 51-Year-Old: DA A 26-year-old former Massachusetts State Trooper will appear on the other side of the courtroom after a grand jury indicted him in a 2021 fatal car crash. Authorities said he faces a charge of motor vehicle homicide by operating under the influence of alcohol. Kristopher Carr was driving in the fast lane of I-93 in the wee hours of Oct. 29, when he leaned over to kiss a woman in the front seat of his 2020 Ford Explorer, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. With Carr's eyes on the woman and not on the road, his SUV swerved, slammed into the median, and came to a stop perpendic…