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GAS CITY, Ind. (WISH) — An Indiana State Police trooper was airlifted to the hospital after crash Tuesday morning.
ISP say that the crash happened on State Road 22 near County Road 600 East just after 9 a.m.
Senior Trooper Weston Shanks was on patrol in a Dodge Charger traveling westbound on State Road 22 behind a Ford F-450 pulling a utility trailer. The truck began to slow down to turn right when, “for an undetermined reason, the Charger rear-ended the trailer,” ISP said in the press release.
The Charger went off the south side of the road and crashed into a ditch.
Trooper Shanks was taken to the hospital by air ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries. The other driver was not hurt from the crash.
ISP says the incident is an ongoing investigation, but neither drugs or alcohol are suspected of being a factor in the crash.