TACOMA, Wash. — A second Washington State Patrol trooper in just three days was struck by a vehicle in Pierce County Saturday morning.
A Washington State Patrol District 1 spokesperson wrote on twitter that the trooper was helping a driver along Highway 512 when he was hit by a car. He had to be taken to the hospital, but the spokesperson said his injuries weren’t life-threatening.
The spokesperson said the driver who struck the trooper wasn’t impaired but also wasn’t paying attention.
The crash happened just over a day after another .
Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting was killed in that crash along Highway 509.
