The crash happened around 5:04 p.m. as the Troop J, Lancaster trooper was responding with lights and sirens to a separate crash in Paradise Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
The trooper, driving an unmarked silver Ford SUV patrol unit, was traveling east on Lincoln Highway East when a white box truck entered from the north side near the 2800 block, police said. The truck pulled directly into the trooper’s path, and the SUV struck the passenger side cab.
The impact spun the truck around and sent it crashing into the front of Lancaster Home and Fabric, damaging the building and pinning a female employee inside. Other people in the store quickly freed her before emergency crews arrived…