Driver crashes into Nevada Highway Patrol vehicle, injuring trooper

A driver who authorities said lost control of their vehicle struck a Nevada Highway Patrol vehicle on U.S. Highway 95 Thursday morning, sending both the driver and a highway patrol trooper to a local hospital.

Just after 9:30 a.m., an NHP trooper was parked on the right shoulder of the highway’s northbound lanes near the Martin Luther King Boulevard exit, according to Trooper Shawn Haggstrom.

The driver of the vehicle, a Honda, lost control and entered the shoulder, hitting the parked NHP vehicle from behind, Haggstrom said.

The driver and trooper suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.

Drugs and alcohol are not suspected, according to Haggstrom.