DPS trooper hospitalized following I-10 crash in downtown Phoenix

PHOENIX - An Arizona DPS trooper was hospitalized after a crash on Monday night on I-10 in downtown Phoenix.

The crash happened just after 7 p.m. on the highway near 7th Avenue, DPS said on Jan. 29.

The trooper was conducting a traffic stop when a commercial truck rear-ended the trooper's vehicle. 

"The impact pushed the patrol vehicle into the SUV that our trooper stopped," DPS said.

The trooper and one person inside the SUV were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

No more information about the crash was made available.

Map of where the crash happened: