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Officer Injured After Police Car Hit While Pulled Over To Investigate Wreck

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- A Baltimore Police Department officer and one other person were taken to a hospital after the officer's vehicle was hit while pulled over to investigate another wreck.

Police say the crash happened on southbound I-83, just past the Cold Spring Lane exit.

The wreck happened as the officer was pulled over to investigate a wreck. Another vehicle then struck the officer's vehicle.

The officer and driver of the other vehicle were both transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Southbound traffic on I-83 was backed up as police investigated the wreck, but all lanes are back open.

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