RAPID CITY, S.D. - A South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper who was injured during a traffic stop was assaulted and dragged as his patrol vehicle was stolen.
Authorities have released more details about the Saturday night incident on Highway 79 south of Rapid City.
The Pennington County Sheriff's Office says one suspect was able to get control of the trooper's vehicle during a traffic stop, and the trooper was dragged as the person tried to flee.
The trooper shot at the vehicle, and the vehicle eventually crashed into a creek embankment. The two suspects were able to get away in their own vehicle, but they were arrested later in the night on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The trooper was treated at a hospital and released. Neither the trooper nor the suspects were identified.
