OAK PARK (WWJ) – A Michigan State Police trooper has been released from the hospital after his patrol car was hit on I-696 Sunday morning.
MSP officials say the trooper was investigating an earlier crash that was blocking part of westbound I-696 near Greenfield around 11 a.m.
As the trooper investigated the crash on the freeway ramp, the driver of one car was “driving too fast for the conditions and did not move,” according to MSP.
The at-fault driver lost control and rear-ended another vehicle, which was pushed into the back of the patrol car and then continued and struck a fourth vehicle, authorities said.
The officer was treated and released for minor injuries at a local hospital.
Authorities say the other drivers involved refused medical treatment.
MSP First Lt. Mike Shaw called the incident “just another example of a driver not moving for emergency vehicles combined with driving too fast for the conditions.” Shaw said the crash “could have been a lot worse.”
The accident left the highway closed for more than an hour.
