Overview
- The officer was struck around 3:20 a.m. Saturday near the Route 410 ramp in Riverdale, Maryland.
- The officer had exited a patrol car to check a disabled vehicle when another vehicle hit the officer and the cruiser.
- A U.S. Park Police helicopter transported the officer to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
- The striking vehicle remained at the scene, and both its driver and the disabled vehicle's driver were taken into custody for suspected impaired driving.
- The Park Police cruiser sustained damage and was towed, and the crash investigation remains ongoing.