SUFFOLK, Va. — A Virginia State Police trooper was rear-ended while running radar on Interstate 664 on Wednesday morning.
This is the second incident in one week where a VSP trooper was hit from behind while on the side of the interstate.
The trooper was sitting in the median around 4:56 a.m. on the Suffolk side of the Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, spokesperson Sgt. Michelle Anaya said in a news release.
The trooper's vehicle was stopped facing northbound traffic when he was hit from behind by a 2014 Honda Accord.
The trooper and the driver of the Accord were taken to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.
Last Friday morning, a VSP trooper was also rear-ended by a driver on Interstate 64 on the Peninsula. Both incidents happened in the early-morning hours while troopers were stopped on the shoulder or median and running radar.
The driver of the Accord was identified as Dominique Alexandra Simmons, 22, of Winton, North Carolina.
Simmons told police she fell asleep while driving when she hit the trooper's vehicle.
She is charged with reckless driving, Anaya said.