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"A Broward County deputy was struck by a car after he stopped to help a motorist who had been involved in an earlier crash on Interstate 95 in Lake Worth.Deputy Joseph Bialczak, 50, was on his way to work early Thursday morning when he and another deputy stopped to assist with the crash in the southbound lanes of I-95, Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti said.BEAT THE TRAFFIC: Check Traffic Conditions On WPBF.comLamberti said Bialczak and Deputy Michael Conroy strategically placed their marked cruisers on either side of the disabled car to protect the driver. A short time later, Lamberti said, a passing car struck the disabled car and Bialczak.\"The impact threw him up onto the hood of the vehicle,\" Lamberti said. \"It dragged him for about 20 feet and then threw him off the vehicle. It hit him so hard that it knocked his gun belt off of his body.\"Luis Alberto Perilla, the driver who struck Bialczak, told WPBF 25 News he was praying for the deputy.\"I got out of the car to make sure he was alright,\" he said.Bialczak, a 22-year Broward Sheriff's Office veteran assigned to Oakland Park, was taken to Delray Medical Center. Lamberti said Bialczak suffered a head injury, broken vertebrae and a broken leg.\"It just proves that deputies are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week,\" Lamberti said.Deputies spent the day visiting Bialczak at the hospital.\"For being hit by a car, he's looking pretty good,\" Deputy David Salsberry said.The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash and will determine if any charges will be filed.More From WPBF: Email alerts | Mobile | SocialView, Share Breaking News Photos On WPBF.com's u local:9146236"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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