HAMPTON, Va. — A car crash involving a state trooper happened on I-64 in Hampton, according to Virginia State Police.
Police say the crash happened just after 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 1. The scene of the crash is located on I-64, eastbound at the North King Street Bridge.
The trooper was on a traffic stop and using his emergency equipment on the closed shoulder on I-64 when a car ran off the road and sideswiped the state vehicle he was in, according to police.
The driver who hit the trooper's vehicle has been identified as 20-year-old Michael Lewis Jr of Newport News. Police say he had an outstanding warrant out for his arrest. He was arrested following the crash and has been charged with the following, according to police: failure to maintain lane, and no valid operator's license, along with failure to appear.
No one was injured in the crash.
