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Police seeking driver who struck NH trooper in hit-and-run crash

New Hampshire State Police

are asking for the public’s help to identify a driver who struck a trooper and fled the scene early Sunday morning.

The trooper was standing next to his cruiser, pulled over to conduct a traffic stop on the Everett Turnpike, at 2:30 a.m. when a vehicle traveling southbound struck him, police said. The vehicle hit the trooper and a portion of the cruiser’s driver’s side door, according to police.

The trooper was transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries that weren’t considered to be life-threatening, police said.

Police describe the vehicle as a light-colored SUV with a damaged passenger’s side window and mirror.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact  police at 603-223-4381.

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