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Posted on Thu, Jul. 24, 2008


S.J. cop injured in traffic stop

By Sam Wood

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

A West Deptford Township police officer was injured this morning when he was struck by a passing car during a traffic stop on an interstate highway in Gloucester County.

About 5:30 a.m., Patrolman James Grant Jr pulled over a car on I-295 for a motor vehicle violation. Grant, an 11-year veteran, was in his patrol car and writing a summons when another vehicle slammed into the cruiser, police said.

Emergency crews extricated Grant from the wreckage and then rushed him to Cooper University Hospital in Camden. He was treated for minor injuries and will be kept overnight for observation, police said.

The driver of stopped car and the driver of the vehicle that crashed into Grant's cruiser were also taken to Cooper for treatment. Information on their conditions was not immediately available. State troopers are investigating.

Contact staff writer Sam Wood at 215-854-2796 or at samwood@phillynews.com.

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