An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper was slightly injured after a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 10 in Avondale Thursday.
This is why I-10 is slow near Avondale and Dysart. Expect delays through here. https://t.co/VEdwIFsmwA
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) January 28, 2016
Authorities say one driver was ejected in that crash and another person also was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
@Arizona_DPS updates media on car crash eastbound I-10 at Dysart. #breakingnews #abc15 @NoheG reports at 6pm #news pic.twitter.com/z7tPcVdRWO
— Luis Anaya (@Real_Anaya15) January 29, 2016
According to DPS, a trooper with the department pulled over a car during a traffic stop in the area. The trooper went back to his patrol car to complete paperwork when a small Hyundai SUV lost control and collided with the patrol car.
The impact forced the patrol car into the violator vehicle that the trooper had pulled over. Following this, a commercial vehicle lost control and collided into the center median wall, hitting the Hyundai that had struck the patrol car.
Someone inside the commercial vehicle was ejected into the westbound lanes of traffic, landed by the shoulder and HOV lane, and is currently in critical condition.
Car under semi. Semi bumper slid across traffic. Hole in the median. I10 @ Dysart traffic slow both ways.#abc15 pic.twitter.com/eFnDw9Kicb
— Nohelani Graf (@NoheG) January 29, 2016
The trooper sustained non-life threatening injuries.
The names of the injured weren't immediately released.
Authorities closed an I-10 on-ramp at Dysart Road and blocked several lanes of traffic as they investigated the crash.
