A routine traffic stop turned violent for a police officer when the uncooperative driver pulled a knife and stabbed him in the neck, according to investigators in Connecticut. Officer Tim Wright survived the attack — after being rushed to a hospital by a sergeant who arrived minutes later, Connecticut State Police said in a news release.

A Woodbury police officer was stabbed by a driver while conducting a traffic stop Thursday, according to state police.

Connecticut State Police said a Woodbury officer was stabbed in the neck by a driver during a traffic stop on North Main Street Thursday.

The man who is accused of stabbing a Woodbury police officer in the neck during a traffic stop on Thursday afternoon is being held on $3 million bond. Tyler Wilmot, 31, appeared before a judge in Waterbury Superior Court on Friday afternoon.

A Connecticut police officer was in a hospital Thursday night, Oct. 3, recovering from a stab wound to his neck after a traffic stop over a license plate ended in bloodshed, authorities said. Tyler Wilmot,