GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — A North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper was injured Friday afternoon in a collision with a speeding truck on U.S. 29 after the driver failed to yield, according to Trooper Whitt Efird.
The crash occurred around 3:35 p.m. when the trooper spotted a Ford truck traveling at a high rate of speed and activated lights and siren, according to Efird. Officials said the truck did not yield, and the two vehicles collided.
The Ford came to rest in the median, while the trooper’s vehicle ran off the right side of the road and briefly caught fire, according to Efird…