NEW: An early morning head-on crash between a Virginia State Police vehicle and a wrong-way driver landed the trooper in the hospital and the driver in trouble.

It happened around 1 a.m. Oct. 4 on northbound Interstate 295 in Prince George County, VSP Sgt. Jessica Shehan said in an email.

Shehan said a trooper was attempted to intercept the driver at the 5-mile marker, about two miles north of the U.S.Route 460 interchange. The trooper had activated his emergency lights, but the driver reportedly came toward him at a high rate of speed and crashed head-on into the police car.

The state trooper, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening. Please join us in sending prayers and, or positive thoughts for his recovery🙏🏻

More: https://www.progress-index.com/story/news/accident/2026/10/04/virginia-trooper-injured-in-wrong-way-crash-on-i-295/92095377007/

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