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Drunk Trunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser On Route 17, Police Say Drunk Trunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser On Route 17, Police Say
Drunk Trunk Driver Crashes Into Cruiser On Route 17, Police Say New York State Police are reminding the public about the "Move Over" law after a trooper's vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer driven by an alleged drunk driver. The crash took place at 7:28 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, as the trooper, a 23-year-veteran, had just issued a traffic ticket to a vehicle on Route 17 in the town of Nichols, state police said. The trooper stepped inside his marked patrol vehicle and was waiting for the vehicle that he had stopped to pull out into traffic safely when the tractor-trailer struck him from behind, shearing off most of the driver’s side of the 2019 Dodge…

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by Kathy Reakes