A Florida state trooper suffered serious injuries Tuesday night after a pickup truck slammed into his stopped patrol car inside an active highway construction zone, authorities said.
The crash occurred around 9:12 p.m. in the southbound lanes of State Road 429 at mile marker 6, near Bay Lake in Orange County.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the trooper parked his marked cruiser in the outside lane with emergency lights on to help close the lane for road crews. A 2026 Toyota Tundra traveling south approached the work zone and did not shift out of the lane, hitting the back of the stationary cruiser…