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Trooper hurt after suspected drunk driver rear ends parked SUV

Published 12:20 pm Sunday, July 8, 2018

By Herald Staff

Trooper hurt after suspected drunk driver rear ends parked SUV
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Trooper hurt after suspected drunk driver rear ends parked SUV
A man driving a Subaru Impreza allegedly rear-ended a Washington State Patrol trooper’s parked SUV Sunday, July 8, 2018, on Highway 525 in Lynnwood. (South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue)
A Subaru Impreza sedan is inspected by a South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue firefighter after it rear-ended a Washington State Patrol trooper’s SUV and caught fire Sunday, July 8, 2018. (South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue)

LYNNWOOD — A driver crashed into a Washington State Patrol trooper’s SUV Sunday morning in a suspected DUI accident.

Trooper Brent Campbell, 33, was reportedly parked on the shoulder of northbound Highway 525 when the driver of a Subaru Impreza rear-ended the trooper’s Ford Explorer SUV at 8:50 a.m.

South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue said the Subaru caught fire.

Both men were taken to Swedish Edmonds for injuries. South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue said the trooper’s injuries were minor and the Subaru driver’s were more serious but did not appear to be life-threatening.

The Subaru driver is being investigated for DUI.

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