UPDATED: State Trooper Struck on Route 128
The trooper was taken to the hospital and has been released. A Needham resident has been charged as a result of the incident.
UPDATED (11:30 a.m.) - Massachusetts State Police arrested a Needham resident after her vehicle struck a State Trooper on Rte. 128 in Dedham Thursday night. The incident occurred around 10:45 p.m. Thursday, when the trooper's vehicle was struck north of Rte. 109 in Dedham. "The trooper was inside his marked State Police cruiser and in the process of taking the road construction set up down when was his cruiser was struck in the left rear quarter by a passing SUV causing severe damage to the cruiser," Massachusetts State Police Lt. Daniel G. Richard wrote in a statement Friday morning. The trooper was transported by Fallon Ambulance to Beth Israel Hospital in Needham with neck and back injuries; he was subsequently released. Police …
