Newport News, VA : A 23-year-old man is accused of failure to yield after state trooper vehicle crash on Thursday, December, 7th 2017

The driver of the construction vehicle involved in the accident that injured a state trooper on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel has been accused of failure to yield right of way in connection with incident, according to Virginia State Police spokeswoman Michelle Anaya.

Kyle A. Mapstone, 23, of the 3000 Blitz Court in Virginia Beach, was charged with failure to yield right of way, she wrote in a news release.

Previously,

A Virginia State Police trooper suffered minor injuries in a crash Thursday morning, an official said.

The crash happened shortly after 7:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, outside of the second tunnel/tube, police spokeswoman Sgt. Michelle Anaya said in a news release.

Investigators think the trooper was traveling southbound on Route 13 and exiting the second tunnel when a construction vehicle pulled out into his lane of travel. There was no room for the trooper to maneuver due to the limited space or without hitting traffic head on, Anaya said.

The trooper hit the rear end of the construction vehicle, causing extensive damage to his patrol vehicle, she said.

The trooper was taken to Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, according to Anaya.

The crash is under investigation, she said.

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A 23-year-old man is accused of failure to yield after state trooper vehicle crash