PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) -- Virginia State Police says one of their troopers was flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital with serious injuries after a driver struck a patrol car on U.S. Highway 29 Saturday.

VSP says two troopers were stopped on the southbound side of the highway attending to a disabled tractor trailer around 2 p.m. October 11. The troopers were reportedly outside their vehicles when a 2004 Chrysler hit one of their cars, which then hit a trooper.

The second trooper was not injured. VSP says both patrol vehicles had emergency lights on and were parked partially in the right travel lane.

The driver of the Chrysler, 74-year-old Raul Jesus Salas of Gretna was charged with reckless driving.

The incident is under investigation.

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