WATCH: Trooper Miraculously Walks Away from Thruway Crash

UPDATE: 3/19/26: Police Thursday released body cam footage of a terrifying crash on the Thruway that sent a State Trooper to the hospital.

New York State Police are reminding drivers to MOVE OVER when you see a police or emergency vehicle on the side of the road.

The video posted by the New York State Police shows the officer seemingly conducting a field sobriety test on the driver of a vehicle he pulled over, alongside another trooper, when another car runs right into the officer.

The officer, wearing the body cam we are watching, then quickly moves the driver who was pulled over, Siiyer Walker, and heads towards the point of impact.

The trooper, who has not been identified, then miraculously appears on camera, limping and stunned, but without major visible injuries.

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A New York State trooper was hospitalized after being hit by a car during a traffic stop on the Thruway.

It was just after 5:00 a.m. on March 15, 2026, according to police, when two troopers  were conducting a traffic stop on a 2025 Mercedes sedan driven by Siiyer W. Walker, 52, of Connecticut, along the right shoulder of the Thruway in the town of Mamaroneck.

Troopers were reportedly standing near the Mercedes when a 2007 Chevy Suburan, driven by Kevin Ariel Cunache Moyolema, 24, of Connecticut, rear-ended the patrol car, which was then pushed into the Mercedes, striking one of the troopers.

The trooper was taken to the Westchester Medical Center for minor injuries and later released. The other trooper was not struck. Moyolema was transported to Westchester Medical Center for minor body pain evaluation. Walker was evaluated by EMS on scene and declined transport.

The investigation is continuing.

The crash is at least the second reported case this year of a New York State trooper being struck while working along the Thruway.

Move Over Law in New York

Troopers regularly remind drivers that New York’s Move Over Law requires motorists to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles stopped along roadways, a rule intended to prevent exactly these types of crashes.