Police Officer, Prisoner Hospitalized In Montgomery County Tractor Trailer Crash

A police officer transporting and a prisoner being transported were both hospitalized with minor injuries in a tractor trailer crash Wednesday night in Montgomery County, authorities confirmed.

Towamencin police
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Cecilia Levine

03/18/2021 8:38 p.m.

A Souderton Borough patrol car collided with the trailer at the intersection of Allentown and Forty Foot roads at in Towamencin Township around 9:50 p.m., Souderton Police Chief Brian Newhall told Daily Voice.

The officer and the prisoner were transported to a local hospital for evaluation and released, the chief said.

The cause of the crash and why the individual was in custody were not immediately clear.

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