A trooper who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash on the side of the Mass Pike is urging drivers to “move over” when they see flashing lights.
Mass State Police Trooper Sean Clark is sharing his story as he continues to recover from the June crash when he was struck by a driver who didn’t move over during a routine traffic stop.
Clark was conducting a traffic stop at around 2:20 a.m. when a 32-year-old woman allegedly struck him with her vehicle on the side of the Mass Pike westbound in Chicopee. She was allegedly driving drunk.
“Before June 10th, I never imagined I’d be telling the story of how I almost lost my life simply because a driver didn’t move over,” Clark said in a State Police video.
“In the hospital during those early, painful days of recovery, all I could think ab