(KNSI) — The Minnesota State Patrol says one of their officers was hit Thursday night by a wrong-way driver.
According to the preliminary crash report, at 10:45 Thursday night, a call came in about a driver traveling west in the eastbound lanes of Highway 10 near Rice. As he was responding to the call, the unnamed 30-year-old trooper from St. Cloud was driving east on Highway 10 with the squad car’s red lights and sirens activated and collided with the wrong-way driver.
That driver, a 22-year-old Sauk Rapids man, and the trooper suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment.
Police say they believe the wrong way driver was under the influence at the time of the crash. A check of jail records Friday morning shows the driver was taken into custody but has not been charged.
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