Update on June 2012 Struck-By Incident in Maryland

A Maryland State Police video illustrates how dangerous it can be when motorists fail to obey the move-over law.  Trooper David Avila was seriously injured on June 14 when a tractor-trailer driving too close to the shoulder slammed into his patrol car and then hit him as he was making a routine traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Washington County. The new law requires drivers to either move over or slow down when they see first responders along the side of the road, but many drivers don't know about the law or aren't obeying it, and that was the case for Avila, who is recovering from serious injuries.