TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington State Patrol trooper was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by another driver from behind.
The crash happened on SR 512 at Canyon Road in Puyallup around 7 p.m. Monday.
WSP says the trooper was inside their vehicle in traffic when they were hit.
It appears the impact bumped the trooper’s vehicle into other cars in front of it.
According to WSP, it appears the driver was following too closely. Four vehicles in total were involved.
This is the second crash involving a trooper on SR 512 at Canyon Road in the span of two weeks. A trooper was hit on Dec. 21 along that same stretch of road while helping another driver. They, too, had non-life-threatening injuries.
Just the day before, on Dec. 20, 29-year-old Trooper Tara Guting was hit and killed near the Port of Tacoma in Pierce County while responding to a crash along SR 509.
Following too closely is the main cause of this collision. Four cars total are involved. The Trooper only has minor injuries and no one else was transported to the hospital. Photos of the scene below 👇 pic.twitter.com/6Xr75u6ayC
— Trooper Kameron Watts (@wspd1pio) January 6, 2026
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