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An off-duty trooper used his patrol truck to stop a wrong-way driver on the U.S. 60 east of the Valley just after midnight, according to the Arizona State Troopers Association.

Video from the scene shows front-end damage to the Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper’s truck from the head-on collision. The trooper was not seriously hurt.

The trooper was working an off duty overtime shift at a construction site when a call came over the radio about a wrong-way driver.

“He was working overtime in a construction site and of course we’re required to monitor our radios for any emergency traffic and then the call came about a wrong-way driver. So he jumped in,” said Jeff Hawkins, president of the Arizona State Troopers Association.

The suspect was taken to a hospital and was wearing a spit guard — a protective device used to shield people on scene from a person who may spit.

Steven Sarabia reports.

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