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A hit-and-run driver sideswiped an Ocean Township patrol car and injured an officer on Route 18 Thursday evening during the cleanup of another crash, police said. Officer Glennis Polanco was helping the New Jersey Department of Transportation by blocking the left southbound lane as workers cleared the debris. She was standing outside her patrol car when the southbound driver struck the vehicle, police said.
Polanco was knocked down and injured when the impact moved the patrol car a few feet, police said. She was treated at a local hospital and released.
The incident occurred about 6:30 p.m. just north of Route 66, police said.
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Authorities are urging anyone who may have witnessed this crash or has any further information to call the Ocean Township Police Department at 732-531-1800. Officer Ryan Krug of the Traffic Safety Unit is the person to contact.
Police in Ocean Township (Monmouth County) are looking for information and witnesses who saw a driver sideswipe a patrol car and knock an officer to the ground on Route 18 southbound Thursday evening around 6:30 pm.
Ocean Police Officer Glennis Polanco was assisting the NJ DOT with blocking the left lane of Route 18 southbound in the area of Route 66 while debris from a previous crash was being cleared.
Her police vehicle was then sideswiped by another vehicle traveling southbound.
Police in Ocean Township (Monmouth County) are looking for information and witnesses who saw a driver sideswipe a patrol car and knock an officer to the ground on Route 18 southbound Thursday evening around 6:30 pm.
Ocean Police Officer Glennis Polanco was assisting the NJ DOT with blocking the left lane of Route 18 southbound in the area of Route 66 while debris from a previous crash was being cleared.
Her police vehicle was then sideswiped by another vehicle traveling southbound.
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