TxDPS trooper crashes into lowboy trailer stuck during u-turn

A Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper was hurt in a crash with a tractor trailer in texas on Saturday night. 

The accident happened on December 14th in El Paso, Texas on Interstate 10 near mile marker 95. 

According to ABC 7, a tractor trailer was hauling a lowboy trailer west on I-10 just after 11:30 p.m. when the driver attempted to complete a u-turn at a center median cross over. The low trailer then got stuck on the roadway, leaving it blocking both lanes of westbound I-10. 

An oncoming Texas DPS trooper then struck the stuck trailer while heading westbound. 

The trooper was transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition. The accident is still under investigation.

JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER

Get the hottest daily trucking news