A state trooper was injured while helping a motorist when a driver accused of driving under the influence struck his vehicle early Sunday morning on Interstate 88 in Oak Brook, Illinois State Police said.

A tractor-trailer had broken down at milepost 139 of westbound I-88, and the state trooper had parked on the right shoulder behind the tractor-trailer with his emergency lights flashing around 4 a.m., state police said. While the trooper was in his vehicle, a driver in a Tesla struck the rear passenger side of the squad car. The car was pushed into the rear of the tractor-trailer, injuring the trooper.

The Tesla driver, 24-year-old Sebastian G. Rodriguez, of Romeoville, was charged with driving under the influence and aggravated Scott’s Law/Move Over Law violations.

Rodriguez and the t

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