CANADIAN COUNTY, Okla. – Video of crash that sent three people to a hospital, including an Oklahoma state trooper, was released Thursday.
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The two-vehicle wreck happened Jan. 18 along Interstate 40 in Canadian County, Oklahoma.
Dash-camera video from the trooper’s cruiser show him standing on the passenger-side of a vehicle he pulled over — away from oncoming traffic — when another vehicle crashed into the back of the SUV, the video shows.
The collision caused the trooper to be thrown the ground while debris from the vehicles flies into the air.
Officials said the trooper was able to use his radio to call for help.
The trooper and two others injured in the crash were expected to be OK, officials said.
“We show this video as a graphic reminder of the consequences of distracted or impaired driving and the importance of the slow down, move over law,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials said.
An investigation is ongoing.
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