FOUR OAKS – A North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper was involved in a motor vehicle crash on his way to a minor school bus accident in front of South Johnston High School Tuesday morning.

A driver reportedly pulled his white passenger car onto Reedy Creek Road into the path of the responding trooper, heavily damaging both vehicles and sending the patrol car into a nearby field.

Both drivers were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.

The Highway Patrol is investigating the 7:50 a.m. wreck.