Another Washington State Patrol Car hit, ThirdTime This Week
Washington Law Enforcement
A state trooper's car was hit Friday morning on Interstate 5 in Marysville - the third accident this week involving a Washington State Patrol vehicle. The trooper was not injured in the Friday morning incident. "The trooper was actually standing outside his patrol car contacting the car he had stopped, and it was more of a sideswipe, not a rear-end (crash)," said Trooper Mark Francis.
On Monday night two patrol cars stopped on I-5 in Seattle were damaged in a rear-end collision caused by a suspected drunk driver. Then on Wednesday night, a trooper was stopped along I-405 in Kirkland with a disabled car. When a car slowed down past the scene, that car was struck by a hit-and-run driver who didn't stop, forcing the first car into the trooper's vehicle, leaving the officer with minor