Possibly, but that's not what your link actually says.
Trooper Christopher Skinner, 42, died immediately after the vicious impact along Interstate 81. NEW YORK STATE POLICE Trooper Christopher Skinner, 42, died immediately after the vicious impact along Interstate 81. A Florida man was charged with murder Thursday after he intentionally struck and killed a New York state trooper who was standing outside his patrol car as he made a traffic stop along Interstate 81, police said.
IOW, the police say it was intentional. They don't even, in this article, even claim that the driver says it was intentional.
The guy fairly obviously has some mental issues.
Upton continued on for several yards before he ditched his white truck and ran into the woods, where cops found him about an hour later without any clothes on, WBNG-TV reported.