BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – A New Jersey State Trooper was injured when a car ran a red light while crossing Route 130 Wednesday.
A Volvo C70 sedan crossed Route 130 at Groveville Road around 3:35 p.m. and was struck on the passenger side by the northbound patrol car’s marked Ford Explorer, according to State Police spokesman Philip Curry.
The accident ejected the 54-year-old woman who was driving the Volvo into a Toyota Camry heading south.
Pictures and video from the scene show severe damage to the front of the trooper’s Trooper SUV with the airbag deploying.
The patrolman was treated for minor injuries.
Curry did not reveal the identity of the officer or any of the other drivers involved.
Aerial view of an accident involving a State Police vehicle on Route 130 in Bordentown Township
Police hit earlier by suspected drunk driver
It is the second time in a week that a marked State Police vehicle has been hit on a highway.
A marked troop car was stopped in the right lane of westbound Route 80 in Allamuchy with its hazard light on early Sunday morning when it was struck from behind by a Ford Explorer driven by a Pennsylvania man.
Dennis Clark, 25, of Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and assault by car with DWI.
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