Indiana State Police say a trooper was hospitalized with injuries after a car crashed into his cruiser in slushy conditions on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis.
Sgt. John Perrine says Trooper Andrew Atwell complained of back pain after the crash about 5:10 a.m. Wednesday amid snow and sleet falling in the area. Perrine says Atwell's injuries were minor and he has been released from the hospital.
Perrine says Atwell's cruiser was parked on the shoulder with its emergency lights activated when a truck driven by 57-year-old John Barry struck it from behind. Perrine says another vehicle may have splashed slush onto Barry's windshield.
Berry was ticketed for failure to yield to a stationary emergency vehicle.
Perrine says it was the fourth time in Atwell's two years on the state police force that he was inside his vehicle when it was struck by another vehicle.
Trooper Andrew Atwell is a two year veteran of the @IndStatePolice This is the fourth time he’s been inside his car when it was struck along the road Please Slow Down & Move Over for ALL Emergency Vehicles Atwell is in the hospital with back pain pic.twitter.com/MSl6AXam05 — Sgt. John Perrine (@ISPIndianapolis) February 20, 2019
In the past 12 hours Troopers from the Indianapolis Post have responded to: ? 41 crashes ▪️4 with injuries ? 12 slide-offs ? 12 disabled vehicles #IsItSpringYet ? — Sgt. John Perrine (@ISPIndianapolis) February 20, 2019