A police officer and a woman at the scene of a traffic accident were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center last night after they were struck by a car in Southwest Baltimore, police said.
The officer was assisting drivers of two cars involved in a minor accident about 6:15 p.m. in the 900 block of Caton Ave., near Cardinal Gibbons and Seton Keough high schools, when a third car struck the officer and the woman, police said. The woman was the driver of one of the stopped cars, Baltimore police spokesman Agent Donny Moses said.
The victims, whose names were not released pending notification of relatives, were taken by ambulance to Shock Trauma. The officer, a two-year member of the force, was treated and released, Moses said. The woman suffered minor injuries and was taken to Shock Trauma as a precaution, he said. It was not clear whether she had been released last night.
The driver of the third car did not appear under the influence of alcohol or drugs and is not expected to be charged criminally, Moses said.