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2 tires strike cruiser; police now looking for tractor-trailer

A police cruiser was damaged Monday morning after it was struck by two tires from a tractor-trailer. Massachusetts State Police

Massachusetts State Police are searching for a tractor-trailer that lost two tires on Interstate 84 Monday morning, resulting in severe damage to a police vehicle, according to a statement.

The two tires that struck the police cruiser.

The tractor-trailer was traveling east when the two tires came off the tractor, police said. They struck a police cruiser parked in a construction zone at approximately 5:35 a.m.

According to police, the state trooper in the vehicle was not injured. The tractor-trailer did not stop at the scene.

State police are asking that anyone who witnessed the incident or sees a tractor-trailer missing two wheels contact Trooper Scott Shea at the State Police Sturbridge Barracks at 508-347-3352. 

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