Utah: Family thanks trooper whose cruiser was hit on I-15

A Utah Highway Patrol trooper whose cruiser was struck early Wednesday on I-15 is drawing praise from the family of a driver he helped protect. Trooper Scott Wilson was responding after midnight to multiple slide-offs and crashes northbound near the Roy exit when his cruiser was hit by a pickup truck that was out of the driver's control.

"It was headed just about straight for us until it struck my vehicle and then glanced off," said Wilson, who was assisting other drivers outside of his vehicle at the time.

One of those drivers was Caitlyn Lambert, whose vehicle hit black ice on her way home.

"I hit the barrier, my window was shattered, glass was everywhere," Lambert recalled. "I was breathing hard, panicking."

Lambert said she believes the truck could have collided with her SUV had the cruiser not been in the way.

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