Injured State Trooper's Name Released

On Friday afternoon, while a state trooper was assisting a disabled vehicle in the southbound lanes between Exit 124 and 119 on Interstate 81, he returned to his cruiser to a retrieve a fire extinguisher when another vehicle travelling south struck the back of the cruiser.


The trooper was critically injured and flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.

The Republican Herald has named the trooper involved as Sgt. Robert E. Bemus.

Story from Republican Herald
http://republicanherald.com/state-police-identify-trooper-struck-by-vehicle-on-i-81-1.1854617

Photos from automobile/person struck incident today at mile marker 120 Southbound on Interstate 81.
Posted by Firewire Schuylkill County on Friday, March 27, 2015