BRANDON, Fla. – A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized with minor injuries after a crash with a pickup truck caused a cruiser to roll onto its side, WFTS reported.
Traffic camera footage shows the cruiser, with lights activated, moving across an intersection. A pickup truck traveling perpendicularly then drove into the intersection, colliding with the cruiser. The impact caused the deputy’s vehicle to flip onto its side before returning to an upright position.
The deputy was taken to the hospital for evaluation but is expected to recover, according to the report. Officials confirmed the deputy had lights and sirens activated and was responding to another incident at the time of the crash.
Trending
The Cohutta police force vanished overnight following a heated conflict over unauthorized access to town systems and concerns over municipal payroll
Trooper Kevin Trainor was commuting home from his shift shortly before 2 a.m. when his cruiser was struck
The lawsuit alleges Boise police failed to verify identities or gather critical information before opening fire during the chaotic response to inmate Skylar Meade’s hospital escape
Several state sheriffs sued, securing a block on the law from a lower court; they alleged the law gave an unelected board illegal power to remove elected officials
