Crime & Safety

Officer Injured in Crash

He was driving someone home who had been injured in a crash.

A police officer helping drive someone home who had been in a car crash was himself brought to the hospital when his car was hit by another.

The injured police officer was on the passenger side when their police car was hit by a car.

The officers had been driving eastbound on Washington Street and the other car was exiting I-205 northbound at Washington.

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They were in the process of driving home a person who had been in an unrelated injuries.

The officer who was brought to the hospital had non-life threatening injuries.

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The other officer was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

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