ROYAL OAK, Mich. (FOX 2) – A trooper from the Michigan State Police Department had to leap over a barrier to avoid being hit in the early morning hours of Saturday, when another driver crashed into his cruiser on I-696 near Woodward Avenue.
The trooper was conducting a traffic stop in Royal Oak on westbound I-696 when a 29-year-old man in a Kia rammed his patrol car at a high rate of speed. He was determined to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was arrested on a second offense.
The driver who had initially been pulled over was cited for careless driving and released. …