PHOENIX — An off-duty Phoenix Police Department sergeant has been hospitalized after he was hit on Interstate 17 early Friday morning, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
The sergeant, whose identity has yet to be released, was struck after he got out of his car to help another car that was broken down on I-17 near Dunlap Road, troopers said. He was then hit, which caused a secondary crash with three cars involved.
The sergeant was taken to a local hospital in serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.
The crash caused authorities to close the southbound lanes of I-17 at Dunalp Road. The lanes have since reopened.
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