West Palm Beach,FL : FHP trooper hit on I-95 in chain-reaction crash identified on October, Sunday 1st 2017

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was struck by a car Sunday morning while as he stood outside his vehicle on Interstate 95 near Hypoluxo Road in Lantana, the FHP said.

The trooper, 51-year-old Andy Ong, was transported to Delray Medical Center in serious condition, said Sgt. Mark Wysocky, FHP spokesman.

The crash, which occurred at about 10:30 a.m., shut down all northbound lanes near Exit 60 at Hypoluxo, causing traffic to back up for close to five miles. For hours, the highway patrol asked motorists to seek an alternate route.

The crash was finally cleared around 2:30 p.m., according to the Florida Department of Transportation’s Twitter page.

The trooper had been standing on a shoulder of the highway near the rear of his patrol vehicle, pointing a speed-measuring device, when the driver of a Honda Accord northbound changed lanes and hit a Ford Focus, Wysocky said. The driver of the Ford “lost control” and crashed into the Ong and his patrol car, he said.


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FHP trooper hit on I-95 in chain-reaction crash identified