2 Massachusetts State Police Cruisers Struck, 1 Trooper Injured

Two Massachusetts state police cruisers have been struck by other vehicles in separate overnight highway crashes. State police said a trooper suffered minor injuries early Wednesday after another vehicle plowed into the back of his cruiser in the westbound lanes of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton. The trooper, who was working a paid construction detail, was treated at a hospital and released.

The other car flipped over and firefighters extricated the driver, who was hospitalized.