A Philadelphia police officer is recovering in the hospital after a driver hit him with a car while he was on a police dirt bike Sunday afternoon. The officer was assigned to the ATV detail when a driver making a U-turn hit him causing him to slide into a parked car. No one else was injured in the crash.
A Philadelphia police officer on ATV detail was injured in a crash Sunday afternoon in North Philadelphia's Juniata Park section.
At around 4:37 p.m., the officer was riding a police dirt bike when he was hit by a black Honda CRV, Philadelphia police said.
The Honda was making a U-turn in the area of East Cayuga and Bennington streets when the woman driving hit the police dirt bike, investigators said. This caused the officer to slide into a parked car.
The officer was injured in the crash and was transported to the hospital where he was listed in stable condition, police said.
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No other injuries were reported. The crash left the police dirt bike totaled and some front-end damage to the Honda SUV.
The police investigation was ongoing.
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