Dashcam Video Shows Utah Trooper Getting Hit From Behind By Runaway Car

A Utah High Patrolman was hospitalized after a sliding car hit him from behind in Sardine Canyon on Sunday.

Sergeant Cade Brenchley, a second generation trooper, was responding to multiple cars that had slid off the road in the canyon.

The trooper was walking toward a stranded white car when he was hit from behind by a black runaway car that was sliding.

When Benchley was hit, video shows him launched into the air before down beside the white car.

Brenchley suffered broken ribs and a broken scapula. He was transported to the Logan Regional Hospital.