BENNINGTON, VT — A Vermont State Police trooper received minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on U.S. Route 7.
Sgt. Justin Walker of the Shaftsbury Barracks was responding at about 4:38 p.m. in his marked VSP cruiser to assist the Bennington Police Department with a crash that had occurred at about 4:34 p.m. on Vermont Route 279.
Sgt. Walker was operating with his lights and siren activated near the intersection with Kocher Drive when his cruiser was involved in a collision with a second vehicle.
Both vehicles then came to rest on the side of the road.
Sgt. Walker was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for suspected minor injuries and released.
The occupants of the other vehicle were unhurt.
