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Highway Patrol Trooper Released From Hospital

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman says a trooper injured when he was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle early Thursday morning in metro Las Vegas has been released from a hospital.

Trooper Travis Smaka says the injured trooper was outside his vehicle and conducting a traffic stop on Boulder Highway when he was clipped by a black pickup while trying to dive out of the way.

Smaka says the trooper was released from a hospital after being treated for unspecified injuries.

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The pickup left the scene and no description is available for the driver.