OPP sergeant struck and seriously injured while directing traffic at collision scene

TORONTO -- An Ontario Provincial Police officer has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle while conducting traffic at a collision scene.

It happened at an intersection in the Hamilton area at around 7 p.m.

"Several officers were at a crash scene on Highway 6 near Parkside Drive. While they were out investigating that collision, directing traffic through that intersection, one of the officers — a sergeant — was struck by another vehicle that came through the scene,” OPP Sergeant Kerry Schmidt said in a post on social media.

OPP officer in hospital with non life threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle while directing traffic https://t.co/YGqdatO4D9

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) January 29, 2020

Schmidt said the officer was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and is currently undergoing further tests to assess his injuries.

The intersection has been shut down as the incident is investigated.

There is no word so far about possible charges.

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  Emergency crews respond after a an OPP officer was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Highway 6 and Parkside Drive in Hamilton Tuesday January 28, 2020.