YUKON, OK.– An Oklahoma police officer who was violently thrown to the ground when a vehicle he had pulled over for a traffic stop on a highway was struck by another vehicle says he feels lucky he was able to walk away.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol posted dash camera video to its Facebook page on Wednesday showing a vehicle hitting the vehicle Trooper Jesse Gregory had parked along Interstate 40 as he stood near the passenger side window on Jan. 18 near suburban Yukon in Oklahoma City. .
“After watching the video, I don’t even remember the barrel rolling up,” Gregory told KWTV News 9.
All three people involved in the incident, including Gregory, were treated and released, OHP said. It says an investigation into the crash is underway. Oklahoma has a “Move Over” law that requires drivers to change lanes or slow down when they encounter stopped vehicles on the side of the highway with flashing lights.
“Hopefully this is my fear for the career,” Gregory said.
On January 5, Gregory had responded to a similar incident on I-40, in which a law enforcement officer was injured when a vehicle struck a vehicle the officer had parked.