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Woman tried to hit trooper with car before being shot during traffic stop, FHP says

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Cell phone video is giving us a better look at the scene of a Flagler County shooting involving a Florida Highway Patrol trooper.

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You can hear the gunshots in that video taken from a balcony at the Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast.

FHP said a woman sped off from a traffic stop and ended up there.

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They said she then tried to hit a trooper with her car, so he shot her.

She was taken to the hospital.

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Another woman in the car and the trooper were not hurt.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the trooper’s use of force.

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