Whitpain Twp. Cop Crashes Into Pole

The 36-year-old officer was on the way to an alleged burglary when he crashed.

An 11 year veteran of the Whitpain Township Police Force is in the hospital after crashing his police vehicle into a pole.

Police say that around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Officer Steve Nickel, 36, was found bleeding inside his car by a passerby on Morris Road.

They say that Nickel was on his way to an alleged burglary in progress when he crashed into the utility pole.

Rescue crews were forced to extricate the officer from the vehicle.  He was flown to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

No word on his condition or what caused the crash.

Morris Road is closed at DeKalb Pike.
 

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