PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona state trooper shot and wounded a woman who intentionally struck the trooper with her SUV while he chased another person on foot, the Department of Public Safety said Saturday.
The incident occurred at about 3 a.m. near an exit from Interstate 17 where the trooper attempted to stop a sedan traveling at over 100 mph (171 kph), a DPS statement said.
The sedan’s driver got out and ran after getting off the freeway, speeding through a traffic light, losing control and spinning out, the DPS said.
After an SUV then struck the trooper as he ran after the car’s driver, that person got into the SUV and it began driving away, the DPS said.
The DPS said the trooper was “in fear for his life” when he shot the SUV driver.
Phoenix police located the SUV and its wounded driver nearby but the car driver remained at large, the DPS said.
The woman was hospitalized for treatment of serious gunshot injuries and the trooper was being treated for injuries not considered life-threatening, the DPS said.
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