A 24-year-old police officer was left unconscious after a crash at about 15:40 on Tuesday on DN 39A, on the Apolodor bridge at Agigea, Mediafax reported. The police vehicle he was driving collided with a truck trailer.

According to ISU, the victim is unconscious. A fire engine, a rescue unit and SMURD C and SMURD B crews were sent to the scene. SMURD C took the officer to Constanța County Hospital, still unconscious.

Early checks by the Road Safety Service found the officer was alone in the vehicle, on duty, and travelling without lights or siren activated.

He serves with the Transport Safety Service – T.F./T.N. Agigea and graduated in the June 2024 intake.

The crash triggered an emergency response on the DN 39A bridge, a busy artery toward the southern coast.

Investigators are still establishing how the collision with the truck trailer happened as the officer’s condition is monitored in hospital.

Image: Romanian National Police car (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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