Police: DUI driver crashed into Washington state trooper parked on shoulder of road

Police said Sunday a DUI driver crashed into a Washington state trooper’s car that was parked on the shoulder of a roadway.

The collision happened on northbound SR 525 near Alderwood Mall Parkway Sunday morning.

Officials said the trooper was taken to the hospital as a precaution and the driver of the causing car suffered some injuries but they were not life-threatening.

The causing car drifted off the roadway, struck the trooper’s vehicle and then caught fire, officials said.

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