State Trooper Hurt In Crash On I-35 Near Faribault
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FARIBAULT, Minn. (WCCO) -- A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was taken to the hospital after their squad car was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 35 near Faribault Wednesday night.
It happened at about 8:50 p.m. on the interstate near Highway 60. The state patrol says shortly after a trooper arrived to help a motorist who went off road, their vehicle was struck.
The trooper, who suffered non-life threatening injuries, had their emergency lights on at the time of the crash, the state patrol says.
The 18-year-old woman driving the car that hit the squad was not injured.
Road conditions at the time were snowy and icy.
State Patrol is still investigating.
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