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Updated: 8:56 AM May 5, 2010
Residents, Co-workers Help Injured W.Va. Trooper
Residents and co-workers are pitching in to help an injured West Virginia State Police trooper with expenses while he recovers.
Posted: 8:56 AM May 5, 2010Reporter: Hanna Francis Email Address: hanna.francis@wsaz.com |
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UPDATE: Wednesday, May 5 @ 9:00am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Residents and co-workers are pitching in to help an injured West Virginia State Police trooper with expenses while he recovers.
Cpl. Andy Pringle was hit by a passing vehicle during a traffic stop in Ritchie County on April 24. He remains hospitalized at a Charleston hospital.
Sgt. J.E. Stout says Pringle's co-workers at the Harrisville detachment started a bank account for the trooper's family after community members began bringing money to the office. Stout says some residents left money under windshield wipers on the troopers' cruisers or slipped it under doors.
Fundraising events are planned this weekend and next week, including benefit dinners and raffles.
UPDATE: Monday, April 26 @ 10:40am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A State Police trooper remains in critical condition after being hit by a passing vehicle during a traffic stop in Ritchie County.
Charleston Area Medical Center spokesman Dale Witte says Cpl. A.M. Pringle was being treated Monday after being hit Saturday night.
Pringle works in the Harrisville detachment. State Police say he was in the midst of a traffic stop near Cisco when he and his cruiser were hit by a vehicle driven by 63-year-old Jessie Parsons of McFarlan.
Parsons was charged with driving under the influence causing bodily injury.
Parsons was being held Monday in the North Central Regional Jail.
ORIGINAL STORY
CISCO, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A West Virginia State Police Trooper is in the hospital after being hit by a vehicle driven by a drunk driver.
According to the West Virginia State Police, Corporal A. M. Pringle of the Harrisville Detachment was conducting a traffic stop near Cisco when another vehicle hit Corporal Pringle's police cruiser and then hit him.
West Virginia State Police say 63-year-old Jessie D. Parsons, of McFarlan, was behind the wheel of the car that hit Corporal Pringle.
Corporal Pringle suffered serious injuries, according to WVSP. He was taken to Camden Clark Hospital in Parkersburg and was then transported to Charleston Area Medical Center for further treatment.
Parsons was arrested for driving under the influence, causing bodily injury. He was taken to the North Central Regional Jail.
Latest Comments
Maybe he was hit for a reason sleeping with someones wife, stealing somthing, I know alot of troopers and there are very few that are honest, most are dirt bags. probably got what he needed, Im so sick of punk police officers.
Our state police are more worried abouut writting tickets than doing anything about real crime. If you live in the country and call the STATE POLICE for anything that may the least bit dangerous just wait and hold your breath waiting for them to get there. I will bet that you pass out befroe you get a STATE TROOPER to respond. Their are spred thin enough with worring about someone doing 5 mph over the speed limit. And then we wonder why the courts are tied up and letting real crimes out on the street. Good job STATE POLICE on writing traffic tickets and NOT doing anything about those who are truly breaking the law (VERY VERY VERY GOOD JOB).
Being the sibling of a retired trooper reading about this makes me sick to my stomach. If it is true about the 5th DUI why was this man not under the jail? Crazy. Of course there are those who bad mouth the State Police. They are out there daily risking their lives to make this state safer. There are good and bad in every profession. Doctors, teachers just to name a couple. God Bless this trooper and hopefully the judicial system will finally punish this guy by locking him up forever! And I dont want to hear about alcoholism being a diesease. This guy made a stupid decision and should pay dearly.
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