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Driver who hit and critically injured state trooper on DNT arrested

The investigation into the crash involving the state trooper is ongoing, and no charges have yet been announced

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A state trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety remains in critical condition Wednesday after being hit by a car while working a crash on the Dallas North Tollway on Monday morning, officials say.

According to the TxDPS, the trooper responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a Toyota Camry at about 12:41 a.m. Monday on the northbound lanes of the DNT near Keller Springs Road.

Sgt. Josue β€œTony” La Cerda with DPS said the trooper had the emergency lights on his vehicle activated while stopped on the highway.

Officials said Trooper Austin Parrott was outside his patrol car and standing on the highway when a Mini Cooper hit him and another bystander. Parrott sustained severe head trauma and was transported to the ICU at Plano Presbyterian Hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition.

The bystander was also transported to the hospital but later released with minor injuries, according to DPS.

Texas State Troopers investigate a crash where at trooper was hit by a driver early Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
Chris Mathis, NBC 5 News
Texas State Troopers investigate a crash where a trooper was hit by a driver early Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.

Officials said weather was a factor in the initial single-vehicle crash but that they do not think weather or alcohol was a factor in the crash involving the trooper. The investigation into the crash involving the trooper is ongoing.

DPS has identified the driver of the Mini Cooper as 20-year-old Talha Noaman. He was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and booked into the Collin County Jail.

The northbound lanes of the DNT between Keller Springs and Trinity Mills were shut down until about 8 a.m. while officials investigated the crash.

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