Arin Gencer
Baltimore Sun
Maryland — Maryland State Police are investigating a traffic accident in Essex that involved a state police cruiser, police said.
The accident, which occurred Saturday afternoon, resulted in the injury of a trooper from the JFK Memorial Highway barracks, police said. Trooper Robert Hill was going to assist another trooper and had his emergency lights and siren on, police said.
Hill was traveling on Kelso Drive toward Martin Boulevard, witnesses told police. As Hill drove through the intersection, police said, a 2002 Chevrolet truck hit the driver’s side door of the cruiser. Hill was treated and released from Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said.
The driver of the truck, Larry Maddox of Middle River, and a passenger suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
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