NY State Trooper 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 has been a member of the New York State Police since 2014.
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