Trooper hurt in NC crash involving suspected drunk driver, highway patrol says
A North Carolina trooper was hurt in a crash involving a suspected drunk driver in Durham County, WTVD reported.
According to State Highway Patrol, Trooper D.R. Hudson stopped a vehicle on U.S. 15-501 near Weymouth Street when another car struck the stopped car. The crashed caused both cars to rotate, and Hudson was hit and thrown into the road, troopers said.
Hudson was able to call for help before being taken to a local hospital for minor injuries. Officials said he has since been released.
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No one else was hurt in the crash, WTVD reported.
The driver of the car that hit the trooper, Patricia Canseco Cortes, 26, has been charged with DWI, careless and reckless driving, driving without a license and failure to move over for stopped emergency vehicle. She is being held at the Durham County Detention Center.
No other details have been released.
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