SANDWICH, MASS. (WHDH) - An officer was hospitalized after a police cruiser was involved in a rollover crash on the way to a call on Cape Cod Thursday, according to the Sandwich Police Department.
At around 9:15 a.m., an officer was responding to a reported overdose in East Sandwich when a vehicle struck the police cruiser at Cotuit and Quaker Meeting House roads, the department said.
“There was a reported overdose in East Sandwich, officers were responding to that,” said Sgt. Lauren Gilrein of the Sandwich Police Department. “While in route, one of our officers was traveling through the intersection of Cotuit and Quaker, and got in a collision which caused the cruiser to rollover.”
The Sandwich police cruiser, which had its lights and sirens on, rolled over as a result of the crash.
The officer was removed from the vehicle and taken to Cape Cod Hospital, police said. He has since been released.
Firefighters used power tools to free the officer from the car.
The driver of the other vehicle was not injured, firefighters determined.
Neighbors who live nearby say the intersection has become dangerous.
“It’s a zoo,” said Dave Woodbury, who lives nearby. “I’m gonna say it, it’s a zoo.”
No charges have been filed at this time. The crash remains under investigation.
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