A Virginia State Police trooper was injured in a car crash late Friday, and another trooper was seriously hurt while responding to the Springfield collision.
Police said Trooper B.J. Sisk was hurt when the Lincoln Towne Car in front of him suddenly stopped while he was responding to an emergency call at about 10:15 p.m., driving south on Interstate 395. Sisk stopped, but was then rear-ended by the driver of an Acura GL, who was traveling at 65 mph.
Trooper R.C. Weeks heard a radio dispatch of the incident, and responded. Police said his patrol vehicle ran off the road, spun out and hit a road barrier near Route 644 and I-395. He was taken to Fairfax Inova Hospital with injuries police said were serious but not life-threatening.
Sisk and the drivers of the Lincoln and Acura were taken to Fairfax Inova Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the Lincoln, 30-year-old Fahim Javed, of Springfield, and the Acura driver, 35-year-old Eric Balangue, of Woodbridge, were charged with reckless driving.
Both crashes remain under investigation, police said.
