WATCH: Utah Trooper Launched in the Air After Getting Hit by Car

By Tactical-Life

A Utah trooper was sent flying into the air after getting hit by a car during a snowstorm late last week. The dash cam footage of the incident can be seen above.

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The Incident

According to a Utah Department of Public Safety news release, Sgt. Cade Brenchley of the Utah Highway Patrol was responding to a car that had slid off the road in Sardine Canyon when he was suddenly hit from behind by another skidding vehicle.

The video shows Brenchley getting tossed up and landing beside the car he had stopped to help. The vehicle that hit him then slides to a stop further on up the highway. Bystanders can be seeing rushing to Brenchley’s aid.

Brenchley suffered multiple broken ribs and a broken scapula. He was transported to Logan Regional Hospital, where he is now in the process of recovering.

“It was very slick and slushy and the roads were snow covered,” Brenchley told reporters of the conditions on Highway 89 that day. He said he remembers getting out of his vehicle, “and then I remember everything was black. …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life