{"id":146034,"date":"2026-02-26T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146034\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:38:08","slug":"watch-new-york-state-trooper-hit-by-driver-blinded-by-sun-narrowly-escaping-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146034\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: New York State Trooper hit by driver blinded by sun, narrowly escaping death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-text\">New York State Trooper Bailey Martin was struck by a Dodge Durango while investigating a property damage accident in Duane, NY.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">DUANE, N.Y. \u2013 A\u00a0<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York<\/a> State Police\u00a0officer nearly escaped death on Feb. 13 after a vehicle crashed into her and her patrol cruiser.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Trooper Bailey Martin and another officer were responding to a property damage accident in Duane, NY at the intersection of State Route 458 and State Route 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/four-dead-multi-car-pileup-i-25-amid-vicious-winds-colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DEATH TOLL RISES TO 5 IN 30+ CAR COLORADO HIGHWAY PILEUP AMID VICIOUS WINDS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to a press release from the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York State <\/a>Police (NYSP), two state police vehicles with their emergency lights on were positioned at the intersection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">While the troopers were on the scene, a Dodge Durango came speeding down the road and struck her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Officials said the driver failed to stop due to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sunlight<\/a> impairing his vision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/screenshot-2026-02-25-at-10.16.11-pm.png\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">A vehicle crashed into a New York State Police trooper and cruiser in Duane, NY.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (New York State Police\u00a0 \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Body camera footage released by the New York State Police shows the vehicle <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">slamming<\/a> into Trooper Martin and knocking her to the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">She struggled to stand up and was helped by a fellow officer, while the passengers in the Dodge Durango exited the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Trooper Martin and the occupants of the Dodge Durango were evaluated at the scene by responding EMS personnel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/multi-vehicle-pile-up-missouri-highway-due-severe-winter-storm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HISTORIC WINTER STORM CHARGES ACROSS THE US, CAUSES SEVERAL MULTI-VEHICLE PILEUPS AMID DANGEROUS SNOW AND ICE<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/screenshot-2026-02-25-at-10.20.21-pm.png\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">A driver&#8217;s vision was impaired by the sun and collided with a New York State Police cruiser.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (New York State Police\u00a0 \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The occupants of the Dodge Durango sustained non-life-threatening injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Trooper Martin was transported to Alice Hyde Medical Center for further evaluation. She sustained non-life-threatening injuries as well and has since returned to duty.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_8\" href=\"https:\/\/trafficsafety.ny.gov\/move-over-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York State Law<\/a>, all drivers must\u00a0take precautions, including slowing down and moving over, to avoid a crash when any vehicle is stopped along the roadway.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_lifestyle_article_main-content_article-body_2_9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">New York implemented the Move Over Law in 2010 to prevent collisions with emergency vehicles that were stopped on the roadway.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Since the law was enacted, it has prevented numerous tragedies involving individuals being killed outside disabled vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York State Trooper Bailey Martin was struck by a Dodge Durango while investigating a property damage accident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61210,232,9,11,10,49,51,50,8386,1986,61208,15071,608,956,618,61209],"class_list":{"0":"post-146034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-earth-space","9":"tag-lifestyle","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-new-york-state","14":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-state-news","16":"tag-northeast","17":"tag-safety","18":"tag-stay22","19":"tag-sun","20":"tag-transportation","21":"tag-travel","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-us-regions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}