Officials search for driver who hit Boone County deputy during traffic stop on I-71

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Boone County, KY - The Boone County Sheriff's Office is asking for any information that would help identify the driver of a truck that hit a deputy's arm as he walked to his cruiser after a traffic stop on I-71.

The sheriff's office said in a release, Deputy Jacob Southworth stopped a car at the 72-mile marker on southbound I-71 at around 7:10 p.m. Friday. As Southworth returned to his cruiser at around 7:17 p.m., body cam video shows the moment he was hit by the passenger side mirror of a truck. That truck continued south on I-71.

Southworth was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence for injuries to his arm. He has since been released.