Joppa Man Charged In Trooper Hit-And-Run Crash: Police

JOPPA, MD — Police said a Joppa man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run crash that injured a state trooper Thursday morning in Harford County.

Lawrence Barnes, 68, of Joppa, was charged with leaving the scene after a crash, officials said.

He had been driving a GMC Sierra pickup truck after 9 a.m. when police said Barnes hit a trooper on southbound MD 152/Mountain Road, south of Interstate 95 in Joppa.

The trooper had been inspecting a commercial vehicle and was standing on the shoulder of Route 152 on the driver's side of the vehicle when she was hit, according to police.

A trooper who had been assisting the officer witnessed the crash and found the driver about 0.5 mile away, between MD 7 and US 40. He stopped Barnes and arrested him for leaving the scene of a crash involving an injury.

Police said the trooper was taken by medevac to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Her condition was not immediately available.

Officials said Barnes was taken to the Bel Air Barrack for processing.

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