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Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. William Trampass Bishop (Photo via Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles) GAINESVILLE, Fla. A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was killed while on duty Saturday night, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said. Sgt. William Trampass Bishop, 52, of Lake City, succumbed to injuries he sustained when he was struck on Interstate 75, the department and the FHP said. The crash happened around 6:36 p.m. at mile marker 403 while Bishop was outside his patrol car and tending to a parked 2010 Chevrolet Malibu involved in a previous crash, the FHP said. The crash that killed Bishop, a 30-year veteran of the force, involved a 2016 Ford Fusion and a 2007 Cadillac STS, officials said. It’s unclear which car hit Bishop. Bishop was pronounced dead at Shands Memorial Hospital, according to the FHP. The driver of the Cadillac, John C. Sams, 67, of Lady Lake, was also taken to Shands Memorial and was treated for minor injuries. No one else was hurt, the FHP said. The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending.