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Trooper Airlifted After Harford County Hit-And-Run: Police

Police said the trooper was hit while inspecting a tractor-trailer on Old Mountain Road.

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A vehicle that hit a trooper on Old Mountain Road and drove off was later pulled over and its driver taken into custody, a Maryland State Police spokesperson said.
A vehicle that hit a trooper on Old Mountain Road and drove off was later pulled over and its driver taken into custody, a Maryland State Police spokesperson said. (WJZ)

JOPPA, MD — A state trooper was struck in a hit-and-run Thursday morning in Harford County, authorities said. It happened before 10 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Old Mountain Road, a Maryland State Police spokesperson told WJZ.

The spokesperson said the trooper was inspecting a tractor trailer on the side of the road when she was struck by a vehicle.

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