Officer and civilian both sent to hospital after their vehicles collide head-on on Kingsessing Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Officer, civilian driver injured in Southwest Philadelphia head-on collision
Officials say a 12th District officer was heading west on Kingsessing Avenue, near 59th Street, in a marked patrol car Saturday evening, just after 7 p.m., when someone driving a sedan eastbound on Kingsessing hit the police officer’s vehicle head on.
Officer hospitalized after head-on crash in Southwest Philadelphia
Both the officer and the driver were taken to the hospital.
The condition of the driver is still unknown.
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