An Aberdeen Police Department officer was flown to a regional trauma center Wednesday night after being hit by a car while investigating a traffic accident, city police said.
(BaltimoreSun)- The officer, who was “alert and conscious” when he was transported, according to police, has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home, Aberdeen Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Will Reiber said.
The officer, who is assigned to the traffic unit, was conducting an accident reconstruction in the 700 block of West Bel Air Avenue around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the department.
The officer had blocked the eastbound lane of West Bel Air Avenue with his patrol vehicle, activated his lights and was on foot wearing a reflective safety vest, Reiber said.
A vehicle traveling south on Beards Hill Road turned left on to West Bel Air Avenue and struck the officer. The driver stopped after hitting him.
The officer sustained injuries to the head and lower body and was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore by a Maryland State Police Medevac helicopter, police said.