Crime & Safety
Trooper, Driver Hospitalized In Pinellas Crash: FL Highway Patrol
A St. Pete man lost control of his car on U.S. 19 in Tarpon Springs and hit a state trooper monitoring traffic, the FL Highway Patrol said.
TARPON SPRINGS, FL —n A St. Petersburg man lost control of his vehicle on U.S. Highway 19 in Tarpon Springs, hitting a state trooper parked in the median Sunday afternoon, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
Both the 34-year-old driver and the 27-year-old trooper were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
The St. Pete man was heading north on U.S. 19 just before 2 p.m. when he lost control of his car, which rotated and hit the trooper, which was monitoring passing traffic north of Klosterman Road, FHP said.
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The impact caused the patrol car to rotate and come to a rest in the southbound lanes of U.S. 19, while the St. Pete driver came to a stop in the northbound lanes.
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