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Sorry to hear we lost an officer. Any idea what happened? The article is not very informative.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia State Police trooper was killed Saturday when a gun inside a vehicle being moved after a wreck discharged, striking him in the chest, police said.
The trooper has not been identified pending family notification.
Police said two troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash just after noon on state Route 649 in Clarke County. Two occupants in the Ford Ranger pickup truck were arrested at the scene on alcohol-related charges, state police said in a press release.
As the damaged truck was being moved shortly before 2 p.m., a gun inside it went off, striking one of the troopers. The other trooper was not injured.
The injured trooper was flown to Inova-Fairfax Hospital, where he died around 2:45 p.m., police said.
Investigators from the VSP Bureau of Criminal Investigation's Culpeper office retrieved the gun. The Clarke County Sheriff's Office assisted state police with the investigation, which remained ongoing Saturday night
Sorry to hear we lost an officer. Any idea what happened? The article is not very informative.
Text of article:
RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia State Police trooper was killed Saturday when a gun inside a vehicle being moved after a wreck discharged, striking him in the chest, police said.
The trooper has not been identified pending family notification.
Police said two troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash just after noon on state Route 649 in Clarke County. Two occupants in the Ford Ranger pickup truck were arrested at the scene on alcohol-related charges, state police said in a press release.
As the damaged truck was being moved shortly before 2 p.m., a gun inside it went off, striking one of the troopers. The other trooper was not injured.
The injured trooper was flown to Inova-Fairfax Hospital, where he died around 2:45 p.m., police said.
Investigators from the VSP Bureau of Criminal Investigation's Culpeper office retrieved the gun. The Clarke County Sheriff's Office assisted state police with the investigation, which remained ongoing Saturday night