Dec 28, 2007 10:58 am US/Eastern
Officer Recovering After Deptford Crash
DEPTFORD (CBS 3) ―
A
Gloucester
County
police officer is recovering after he was seriously injured after a head-on collision late Wednesday night.
Police said
24-year-old Deptford Police Officer Gary Wurst was involved in a crash with a
white Ford Explorer on Delsea and Lexington Drives at about 11:40
p.m.
Authorities
said Officer Wurst was reporting back to headquarters at a normal rate of speed to help with the booking of
a suspect at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Explorer, 19-year-old Andrea Paton was making a left turn when she collided with the front end of Officer Wurst's vehicle. The resulting crash sent the officer's cruiser off the roadway and into a tree, officials said.
Rescue crews had to free Officer
Wurst from his vehicle and he was rushed to Cooper University Hospital in critical condition.
Officials
said Wurst was taken in for emergency surgery. He is expected to make a full recovery.
Patton was transported to Kennedy
Memorial with non-lifethreatening injuries.
Authorities said it does not appear drugs or alcohol were a factor in the accident.
New Jersey
State Police and the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office are assisting with the investigation.
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