One direction of a busy Pierce County highway was shut down Monday evening after a state trooper was injured in a collision.
Eastbound state Route 512 at Canyon Road was closed as of about 7:10 p.m., trooper Kameron Watts posted on X. Traffic was diverted to Canyon Road until about 9:20 p.m. when the highway was re-opened.
“The Trooper was inside of their vehicle, in traffic, when struck from behind by another car and subsequently caused collisions with other cars,” Watts wrote…