LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) - A pickup truck crashed into the rear of a New Hampshire State Police cruiser that was in the breakdown lane of southbound Interstate 93, throwing a trooper from the vehicle, police said Friday.
Police said Trooper Doug Bailey was in Londonderry, parked behind a vehicle that had been in a crash. His emergency lights were on and he was leaving his cruiser when the pickup spun out of control and crashed, police said. The cruiser spun off the side of I-93.
Bailey was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries. No one else was hurt including the 16-year-old driver of the pickup, police said.
There was light snow on the road. A preliminary investigation shows that the pickup driver was traveling too fast for the existing weather conditions, police said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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