“The deputy was traveling eastbound on Needmore Road in a marked Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle and as he approached the I-75 southbound on-ramp, a blue GMC pickup truck traveling west on Needmore Road turned in front of the deputy’s cruiser to enter the on-ramp to I-75 southbound,” the sheriff’s office said. “This caused a collision with the Montgomery Sheriff’s Office cruiser.”
The driver of the GMC pickup truck was transported by medics to a local hospital with serious injuries.
The deputy was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol arrived on scene and conducted a traffic accident investigation, and the matter remains under investigation by OSHP.
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