State Patrol trooper injured when suspected DUI driver plows into car; witness tells what happened (video)

SEATTLE -- A Washington State Patrol trooper received minor injuries Friday night when a suspected DUI driver plowed into his stopped patrol car on Interstate 90 just west of East Highrise, the State Patrol said.

The State Patrol sergeant, who was not immediately identified, was transported to the hospital. Another trooper later tweeted that the injured sergeant received "minor injuries to his neck and back."

Witness Alexandria Wilson said the driver hit the trooper's patrol car on the driver-side door and the trooper had to exit his vehicle from the passenger side.

She said the trooper was walking around and telling everyone to be safe, and seemed to be all right, but medics transported him to the hospital.

Wilson said the causing driver's car caught on fire, and the driver, who had gotten out of his vehicle, was being given sobriety tests.