An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper was injured Friday afternoon in Phoenix in a collision with a vehicle that was carjacked, officials said.

The car struck two other vehicles as it fled from the trooper, officials said.

The driver of a silver BMW rear-ended the trooper’s motorcycle, dislodging some equipment on the bike, at 24th Street and McDowell Road, said DPS spokesman Raul Garcia.

The car then fled east, crashing with two pickup trucks at 32nd Street and McDowell, Garcia said.

After the second collision, the trooper confronted the driver and used his Taser in order to arrest him, Garcia said.

The suspect suffered moderate injuries and was transported to a local hospital in stable condition, Garcia said.

The trooper suffered minor injuries in the initial collision and also was taken to a local hospital, Garcia said.

The drivers of the two pickup trucks were not injured, he added.

Prior to the collision, the motorcycle trooper had been pursuing a black vehicle on Loop 202 that authorities suspected was stolen, Garcia said. That pursuit was terminated, and the trooper exited the freeway onto the city streets, he said.

Scottsdale police confirmed the BMW is the same vehicle stolen at gunpoint Friday morning in a Starbucks parking lot at 9301 E. Shea Blvd.

In the carjacking, the victim pulled into the Starbucks parking lot about 5:30 a.m. when a vehicle boxed him in, and an armed man wearing a mask approached him and demanded his car, Scottsdale police reported earlier Friday.

He gave up the car, and the man in the mask got inside and drove away. The vehicle that had boxed him in left in the same direction.

Scottsdale police said the victim couldn’t provide a description of either the carjacker or the other vehicle.

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