Overview
- The trooper was inside a patrol car investigating an earlier one-car crash on the left shoulder of westbound I-96 near Fullerton around 11 a.m.
- A 55-year-old Jeep Cherokee driver lost control and rear-ended the patrol car, pushing it into the vehicle from the initial crash.
- The trooper and two passengers from the Jeep were hospitalized with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
- MSP First Lt. Mike Shaw said the Jeep had three tires worn below wear bars and was being driven too fast for the conditions.
- Westbound I-96 was closed temporarily for the on-scene investigation and later reopened.