Trooper Struck On Side of Route 8 In Waterbury

(CBS Connecticut) — State Police say a trooper was injured when he was struck by a car on Route 8 in Waterbury late yesterday afternoon.
Trooper Anlly Diaz was out of his cruiser, at the scene of an earlier accident, when a Dodge Challenger sideswiped his cruiser, then hit him.
Police say the 36-year-old Diaz’s cruiser was parked on a paved area in the right shoulder with its emergency lights on, protecting the scene of the earlier crash.
The driver and passenger in the Challenger we