State Police have released the name of the trooper hurt in a crash on the Thruway last Friday.
Police said Justin T. Mitchell, 27, was standing on the passenger side of a Honda Odyssey minivan, while conducting a traffic stop on I-90 in the town of Rotterdam.
A 2020 Western Star tractor-trailer was driving west when it drifted onto the right shoulder and struck the rear of the patrol vehicle. The vehicle was pushed into the minivan and hit Mitchell, throwing him over the guardrail and down the embankment, police said…