LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — A pickup truck crashed into the rear of a New Hampshire State Police cruiser that was in the breakdown lane of southbound Interstate 93, throwing a trooper from the vehicle, police said Friday.

Police said Trooper Doug Bailey was in Londonderry, parked behind a vehicle that had been in an accident. His emergency lights were on and he was leaving his cruiser when the pickup spun out of control and crashed, police said. The cruiser spun off the side of I-93.

Bailey was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries. No one else was hurt including the 16-year-old driver of the pickup, police said.

There was light snow on the road. A preliminary investigation shows that the pickup driver was traveling too fast for the existing weather conditions, police said.

The accident remains under investigation.

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