NEWTON. Mass. — A Massachusetts State Police trooper was injured after his cruiser was struck in a highway crash involving an alleged drunken driver on Monday night, authorities said.
The trooper was inside his cruiser at a work detail on Interstate 90 near mile marker 126 in Newton when a Subaru Forester rear-ended his vehicle, according to Massachusetts State Police.
The trooper, whose name hasn’t been released, was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The Subaru driver, 45-year-old Kimberly Anderson, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of liquor, state police said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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