BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A New York State police trooper was hospitalized and released after she was pushed by a car while assisting a driver on the side of the Thruway in Lancaster, according to police.
The trooper was assisting a disabled motorist around 2 a.m. Saturday morning when a Kia allegedly spun out and hit a stopped patrol car. The car hit the trooper who then fell back into the snow off the shoulder of the westbound Thruway.
She was taken to ECMC with non-life threatening injuries.
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No signs of impairment were found in the operator of the Kia, 22-year-old Emily Elizabeth Lopez-Rangel. It is believed she was driving unsafely. She was issued several vehicle and traffic law violations.
This incident comes just a little over two weeks after a trooper assisting a disabled motorist was allegedly hit by a drunk driver in West Seneca. The man was charged with vehicular assault and is due back in court Feb. 17.
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