# Radar cop rear ended **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878 "2018-09-29T14:42:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878/1 "2018-09-29T14:42:49Z")
![ows_153817802064479](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/8/8c5dd2df4d2bf14a8d3dc2d3a3b2820642c60050.jpeg) radar cop parked in median is hit by tow truck driver who was towing a car who was ticketed for another offense. kinda goes round and round? something tells me radar cop had lights off? it was 1am so maybe he was in stealth mode? ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878/2 "2018-09-29T16:05:44Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > radar cop parked in median is hit by tow truck driver who was towing a car who was ticketed for another offense. kinda goes round and round? something tells me radar cop had lights off? it was 1am so maybe he was in stealth mode? Success! That officer was able to identify a motorist that should have received a warning or citation! Mission accomplished. I guess that before I celebrate the success, I should ask if the motorist stopped for the accident, left the scene, or was he/she apprehended? 🌲🙂🌲 _ **CSA** _ ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878/3 "2018-09-29T16:45:42Z")
I hope the officer was okay ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878/4 "2018-09-29T17:48:51Z")
Non-life-threatening injuries. > **[Woodbury officer injured after squad rear-ended by tow truck...](https://www.woodburybulletin.com/news/accidents/4505897-woodbury-officer-injured-after-squad-rear-ended-tow-truck-i-494)** > > A Woodbury police officer was taken to Regions Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after his vehicle was rear-ended around 2 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 on Interstate 494 at Tamarack Road, according to a Minnesota State Patrol incident... ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878/5 "2018-09-30T00:20:53Z")
Worrisome. Nobody ever wants to see the police-folk hurt. There’s been several incidents like this in the SF Bay area recently, where the police cars are sitting on the shoulder of the freeway, either giving someone a ticket, or using their radar for detecting speeders, etc, and someone has hit them from behind. I believe there’s been two officers killed for this reason within the past 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878/6 "2018-09-30T18:01:41Z")
I can’t picture this particular location but generally on freeways, the Police in Minnesota do not sit on the shoulder. Instead they sit in the turn-arounds for emergency vehicles. Maybe that’s where the tow truck was going to turn around which is perfectly legal, but found the dark, unlit, path already occupied. Police sitting on the shoulder for whatever reason will back traffic up for miles and they just don’t do it when they don’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878/7 "2018-10-02T02:57:25Z")
Here s the link to one of these incidents , a little over a month ago. > **[CHP Motorcycle Officer, Motorist Killed In Horrific Fairfield I-80 Crash](https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/10/chp-motorcycle-officer-2-others-injured-in-fairfield-i-80-crash/)** > > A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer and a motorist were killed Friday in a horrific accident during a traffic stop along Interstate 80 in Fairfield ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radar-cop-rear-ended/125878/8 "2018-10-02T04:55:23Z")
Actually I read the article in the St. Paul paper and it does appear that the guy was on the shoulder. A little strange but ya know at 2:00 in the morning, even if not tired, things can be a little disorienting.