Photo by JEFFREY HASTINGS

MERRIMACK – A New Hampshire State Trooper was injured while on a traffic stop on the Everett Turnpike near Exit 11 Saturday morning at about 7:30 a.m.

The Trooper was on a motor vehicle stop in the right-hand northbound breakdown lane when a car traveling North slammed into the cruiser. The car that struck the cruiser careened off the cruiser down to the Exit 11 North on-ramp.

Merrimack fire, police, and State Police responded, the trooper on his radio was reporting injuries to himself and the driver of the other vehicle.

The Trooper and the woman driving the car were given medical treatment at the scene and immediately transported to local hospitals.