UPDATE:
There was a blue angel over us today. Our officer has been released from the hospital and is resting at home. Thank you for your thoughts.
— Anne Arundel County Police Department (@AACOPD) August 5, 2015
A county police officer was injured this morning in a multi-vehicle crash along I-97 southbound at the Route 32 exit. Police have not released a report, and have not said how many vehicles were involved, but witnesses said they believed there were two cars and a van. However, the officer was rear-ended and needed to be extricated from the vehicle by the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
He was flown to Shock-Trauma with serious injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.
I-97 was shut down in both directions for approximately 30 minutes, and the southbound lanes remained closed for another 90 minutes while police did their investigation.
APPEARS a work van rear-ended #AnneArundelCounty police cruiser at high speed @ Rts 97&32 #mdtraffic pic.twitter.com/X6TBRnhuey
— ʙʀᴀᴅ ꜰʀᴇɪᴛᴀꜱ (@Chopper4Brad) August 5, 2015
MULTI-VEH CRASH w/ #AnneArundelCounty police car SB 97 CLOSED after 32 #mdtraffic #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/wJwhSn2dEx
— ʙʀᴀᴅ ꜰʀᴇɪᴛᴀꜱ (@Chopper4Brad) August 5, 2015
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