NY State Trooper from West Seneca hit by vehicle

COMMACK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A New York State Trooper sustained a traumatic head injury when he was hit by a vehicle.
The incident happened Monday along a dangerous curve on a busy Long Island parkway. Trooper Joseph Gallagher, 35, was helping a stranded motorist at the time.
As he was putting out flares to warn oncoming traffic, a vehicle came around a corner and hit him.
Investigators believe this was an accident.
Gallagher, who is from West Seneca, has been a member of the New York