Traffic & Transit
Trooper Hit During Traffic Stop On I-95 In Chain Reaction Crash: NYSP
A Chevy Suburban rear-ended a patrol car, which pushed the stopped Mercedes, hitting the trooper, early Sunday in Mamaroneck, NYSP said.
TOWN OF MAMARONECK, NY — A trooper is lucky to have escaped serious injury, after being hit by a car during a traffic stop on I-95.
The early morning, chain reaction pileup involved three cars.
The New York State Police say that on Sunday, around 5 a.m., two troopers conducted a traffic stop on the Thruway, in the town of Mamaroneck, on a 2025 Mercedes sedan driven by 52-year-old Siiyer W. Walker, of Connecticut.
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State police say the troopers were standing near the Mercedes when a 2007 Chevy Suburan, driven by 24-year-old Kevin Ariel Cunache Moyolema, of Connecticut, hit the back of the patrol car, which was then pushed into the Mercedes, which then struck one of the troopers.
The trooper was taken to Westchester Medical Center for minor injuries and later released, according to state police. The other trooper was not struck.
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Moyolema was also taken to Westchester Medical Center for evaluation of minor body pain.
Walker was evaluated by EMS at the scene and declined transport.
NYSP say that the investigation is continuing.
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