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Va. responder, police officer struck at crash scene

The officer, firefighter and two other people were taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not considered life-threatening

The Virginian-Pilot

HAMPTON, Va. — A police officer and firefighter, responding to a two-vehicle crash, were injured in a second crash.

The two emergency workers were on the scene of the first crash at Hampton Roads Center Parkway at Magruder Boulevard shortly before 6:30 p.m., when a Honda traveling westbound on Hampton Roads Center Parkway lost control and hit a Jeep, said Sgt. Jason Price, a Hampton police spokesman.

The officer, firefighter and two other people were taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

No other details about the two crashes were available.

Shortly after 8 p.m., police said Hampton Roads Center Parkway reopened to traffic.

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