Baltimore Police Officer killed in crash w/fire truck

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Baltimore police officer killed in crash

UPDATE: The Baltimore police officer injured in the car crash has died.

Baltimore police will updating the public shortly on this mornings crash involving a city fire truck and a police cruiser in West Baltimore. The Western District officer was rushed to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, but there have been few updates on his condition. We're told it's grave. The photo at left was taken by The Sun's Barbara Haddock Taylor.

Here is a brief report from The Sun's police reporter Justin Fenton:

A city police officer was badly injured and at least one firefighter was taken to a local hospital after the officer rear-ended a fire engine on U.S. 40. A police spokesman said emergency vehicles were responding to a medical call at Calhoun and Franklin streets when the police cruiser struck Engine 68 on eastbound U.S. 40 at the Stricker Street overpass.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/10/baltimore_police_officer_serio.html

Updated report:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-police-fire-crash-20101020,0,7432041.story

Edited October 20, 2010 by efdcapt115