Driver of Nissan Sentra suffers critical injuries; officer expected to be OK
APOPKA, Fla. – An Apopka police officer was injured early Thursday when his patrol cruiser was struck by a wrong-way driver and overturned on State Road 436 in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The wreck happened around 1 a.m. on S.R. 436 near Otter Lane, east of U.S. 441.
The FHP said a Nissan Sentra was driving in the wrong direction without any lights on when it crashed head-on into the Apopka police cruiser, which was transporting a person to a hospital.
The police officer and the passenger in the cruiser were taken to a hospital but were expected to be OK, troopers said.
The driver who struck the Apopka cruiser suffered critical injuries, according to the FHP.
No other details have been released.
An @ApopkaPolice officer is recovering after being involved in a crash with a wrong-way driver overnight.
The crash happened on Semoran Blvd near Lake Pleasant Rd.
The man, who investigators say was driving the wrong way with his headlights off, is in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/OxVipeD6J7
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