Wrecker Hits State Police Cruiser

• {Ashland, Kentucky}...Kentucky State Police in Ashland say, around 7:00 A.M. Tuesday morning, Trooper Matt Ridener had just finished investigating a car collision along I-64 in Carter County when his cruiser was involved in an accident. Ridener's cruiser had its emergency lights on and was positioned in the eastbound lanes of the interstate so that the vehicle involved in the accident could be removed from the highway when a Ford Roll-back wrecker driven by Roger Gullet traveling eastbound in the slow lane struck the cruiser, sending into into an embankment. Gullet was not hurt, but Trooper Ridener was treated and released at Kings Daughters Medical Center for injuries to his head.