Marion County, OR : Scio man crashes into parked OSP vehicle on Interstate 5 in Salem on Monday afternoon, February 22, 2016

An inattentive Scio man crashed his vehicle into an Oregon State Trooper’s patrol car on Interstate 5 in Salem, according to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, which investigated the case.

Neither man was seriously injured in the wreck.

Trenton Simon, 25, was cited for careless driving.

At about 2:30 p.m., Simon was traveling south in the fast lane on I-5 near the D Street overpass, according to the news release. He took his eye off the roadway, and when he looked back up, traffic had slowed, and he swerved to the left shoulder to avoid a collision.

Unfortunately, his Volkswagen Jetta struck an Oregon State Police trooper’s car that was parked and conducting speed enforcement on that section of the interstate. Trooper Jason Davis was leaning out of the driver’s side door monitoring traffic when the resulting impact ejected him away from the vehicle and onto the shoulder, the news release states.

The Jetta rolled over and came to rest in the southbound lanes.

Both Simon and Davis were being evaluated at Salem Hospital on Monday night.

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Scio man crashes into parked OSP vehicle