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Md. officer hurt in series of crashes involving ambulance, cruiser

Officials said an ambulance at the scene was struck by a vehicle trying to pass a fire truck, and another vehicle struck a police car with an officer inside

By News Staff

HAMPTON, Md. — A police officer was hurt in a series of crashes involving an ambulance, police cruiser and fire truck.

WBAL TV reported that an ambulance and fire truck were at the scene of a crash involving a tow truck and another vehicle.

Officials said the ambulance was struck by a driver who was trying to pass the fire truck. Police arrested the driver at the scene.

Sometime later, a police cruiser that was on the scene was struck by another vehicle. The officer inside was transported to Shock Trauma with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the vehicle that struck the police cruiser was also transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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