GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan State Police (MSP) trooper is not hurt following a crash on US-131 while tracking a wrong way driver.
MSP said it happened around 11:00 p.m. Saturday when the trooper was responding to a call of a wrong way driver traveling southbound in the northbound lanes.
The trooper, who's from the Grand Rapids post, was driving northbound near Hall Street with emergency lights activated, trying to slow traffic and intercept the suspect vehicle.
The suspect driver reportedly passed the trooper, and the trooper made a u-turn to stop the suspect, believing traffic had stopped.
The trooper's cruiser was struck by a northbound car, the driver of which did not notice the cruiser.
Then, a second vehicle rear-ended the first vehicle, MSP says.
There were minor injuries to the occupants of the two vehicles involved. The trooper was uninjured.
The wrong way driver fled the scene and was not identified.
The crash remains under investigation.
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