A Utah Highway Patrol trooper is being praised for stopping a wrong-way driver by intentionally hitting his vehicle head-on.
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A sergeant was traveling west on I-80 when he saw the pickup coming his way. The sergeant turned on his overhead emergency lights, "reduced his speed and stayed in the path of the wrong-way driver. The wrong-way driver struck the sergeant's patrol car," the UHP stated. "Today our Utah State Trooper placed himself directly in harms way to stop a Wrong Way Driver before it collided with traffic immediately behind him. We pray for a quick recovery, and we are grateful and proud of his willingness to put the safety of others ahead of his own," Col. Michael Rapich, head of the Utah Highway Patrol, posted on Twitter Tuesday.
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