The Atlantic City police officer was hit Sunday night while setting up road flares on Route 30, according to police.
An Atlantic City police officer working at the scene of a motor vehicle crash was struck and injured by a pickup Sunday night on Route 30, officials said.
The officer was setting up road flares in the westbound lanes when he was hit a 46-year-old driver who didn’t yield to emergency vehicles,Emergency workers brought the officer to an area hospital to be treated for his injuries. An update on his condition wasn’t immediately available on Wednesday. The driver, a resident of the Manahawkin section of Stafford, was charged with failure to yield to emergency vehicles and reckless driving. He had warrants for his arrest in Ocean County, was taken into custody and later sent to the Atlantic County jail.
No one was injured in the earlier single-vehicle crash on the westbound side of the road. The vehicle ran off the road into the marsh. Everyone inside escaped unharmed, according to police. Anyone who witnessed the officer being truck is asked to call Atlantic City police officer Franco Sydnor at 609-347-5744 or text anonymously to tip411 . Begin the text with ACPD. All texts are anonymous.
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