I-95 HIT-RUN THAT HURT PENNSYLVANIA TROOPER CAUGHT ON VIDEOTAPE
Authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck and injured a Pennsylvania state trooper on Sunday night along I-95 and kept on going. Troop K captain David Young says state trooper Andrew Falcon was issuing a motorist a citation for equipment and registration violations: "As the trooper was explaining the citation, a motor vehicle comes speeding by and actually strikes the trooper in his back and in his left arm with what appears to be the mirror of the vehicle. "
Young says Falcon was able to keep his wits, staying on his feet and off the busy highway. He was able to radio for help. And the incident was caught on the trooper's dashboard camera. The woman he had pulled over happened to be an emergency medical technician. She called 911 and looked after the trooper. Falcon suffered elbow bruises and a lumbar sprain. He was treated at Frankford-Torresdale Hospital and released.
Police were looking for a burgundy or red SUV or van with silver wheels and possibly Pennsylvania tags, and which may have right side mirror damage. If you have information, call state police at 215-560-6200. Authorities remind you it's the law to move to the opposite lane -- if you can do so safely -- when there's an emergency vehicle on the shoulder of a roadway:(Young:) "That obviously didn't happen -- the car that struck the trooper was riding right on the white line there."
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