Two Boston Police officers and a state trooper had been taken to the hospital in a single day after sustaining accidents in separate crashes.
The first collision occurred on Route 195 West in New Bedford as a trooper stopped to answer a crash.
“Shortly before 11 PM last night, a Massachusetts State Trooper and his cruiser were hit by a vehicle as the Trooper was getting out of the cruiser to assist at the scene of a prior crash,” Massachusetts State Police posted Sunday morning.
State police mentioned the trooper was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital, handled for non-life threatening accidents and launched.
The driver who hit the trooper was additionally transported to a hospital with “minor injuries,” police mentioned.
The investigation figuring out whether or not the driving force will face fees is ongoing, in keeping with the division. That crash is the second in lower than per week of drivers smashing into state police responding to calls.
Another state trooper was hit in the same incident final Wednesday on Route 91 in Easthampton. The trooper didn’t maintain accidents, a State Police Association of Massachusetts (SPAM) put up mentioned, however incidents like these are “too close of a call.”
“On behalf of all Association members, we remind everyone within the Commonwealth to SLOW DOWN AND MOVE OVER when approaching an emergency vehicle,” the affiliation wrote.
A second accident in a single day involving BPD officers occurred at roughly 3 a.m. Sunday round Walnut Ave. and Dale Street in Roxbury.
Two officers had been taken to native hospitals with non-life threatening accidents, a BPD spokesperson mentioned, and no additional info on the incident is offered right now.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”