Trooper injured by passing driver during traffic stop

GREENSBURG - A Louisiana State Police Trooper has been injured after being hit during a traffic stop by a passing driver.Police say the crash happened Friday afternoon. The trooper stopped a driver on Highway 449 south of Highway 37 in St. Helena Parish for a traffic violation. The trooper walked to the rear of the driver's car and was hit by 75-year-old Johnnie Lee of Covington, according to police.A spokesperson for Louisiana State Police Troop L says Lee struck the trooper on his right side a