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Driver Accused Of Hitting Trooper Pleads Not Guilty From Hospital Bed

BOSTON (AP) — A man accused of driving a stolen rental car that struck and injured a state trooper last week has pleaded not guilty to charges including assault and battery and receiving a stolen car.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Doug Cope reports.

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Robert Paul of Lynn was arraigned Thursday at a Boston hospital where he's being treated for a gunshot leg wound authorities believe he received in the March 29 incident. A judge revoked his bail on an unrelated car burglary case and set bail on the new case at $5,000.

Prosecutors say the 40-year-old Paul was driving a Toyota Yaris that struck Trooper Scott Flaherty while he was working a construction detail with other troopers at Neponset Circle on the Boston-Quincy line. Troopers fired at the car.

Paul's alleged passenger car, Brandon Smith, has pleaded not guilty to car theft charges.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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