Arkansas state trooper injured in I-40 crash is honored

(AP) – An Arkansas State Police trooper who was critically
injured in a head-on crash on Interstate 40 in western Arkansas is the state’s
Trooper of the Year.Cpl. Roy Moomey was presented with the award Thursday in Little Rock.

Moomey was injured Aug. 8 when his patrol car was struck head-on by a
westbound vehicle in the eastbound lanes of I-40 near Alma.

State police say in a news release that Moomey was able to divert two vehicles
from the path of the wrong-way driver before putting his patrol car into the
lane of the oncoming vehicle.

A state police report on the collision says 24-year-old Matthew Choate of Fort
Smith died in the crash.

State police say Moomey is still rehabilitating from injuries he suffered in
the crash.

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