A 15th District police officer suffered minor injuries when he was involved in a car crash near Frankford and Cottman avenues in Northeast Philly about an hour ago.
Police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore said the unidentified officer was responding to an officer assist call when his cruiser collided with another car. The officer, who complained of pain in his side, was taken to Jeanes Hospital for observation. No other injuries were reported.
Officer Christoper Simone, meanwhile, was still listed tonight in critical but stable condition at Hahnemann University Hospital from the injuries he sustained in a brutal car wreck yesterday morning. Simone, a 12-year veteran, was also responding to an assist call when police officials said another motorist smashed into his cruiser at Broad and Spring Garden streets at about 1 a.m. Simone suffered head trauma, broken ribs and a broken leg and was put in a medically induced coma. The female driver of the other car, who has not been identified, was upgraded to stable condition earlier today, police said.
as much as i support the police. I've seen them just fly through stop signs with out slowing down. These guys need to understand that we only hear the siren when it's close by and brake too.— smurfie143
If only someone could invent some sort of device that emergency personel could carry in their vehicle which they could use to temporarily change green lights to red. So for example a police officer is racing down Broad Street and sees he has nothing but red lights ahead of him. So he sends a signal to the traffic lights ahead of him and they turn green and the lights of cross streets turn red. It would work like a remote control. Then after his vehicle passes the intersection a device in the traffic signal would sense he had passed (the same way EZ Pass can sense when a particular car passes) and returns the light to its regular schedule. It seems like the technology already exists for something like this. I suspect the biggest obstacle would be the cost.- How about if drivers would get off the phone or turn down the CD player while driving maybe they would be able to hear a police siren, or maybe they are just to arrogant and dumb and think the world revolves around them. PULL OVER WHEN YOU HEAR A SIREN OR SEE THE FLASHING LIGHTS!!!!— maddlib
- Louis I Kahn - There is an electronic device already on the market that some cities have in use for law enforcement and emergency service personnel to change traffic lights from red to green in their direction of travel...— Swyve
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- Maddlib, how do you know if the driver was on their phone or had their music up high. How about the two sisters killed in an accident by Jersey State Police, I don't think they were on their phone. Btw, I see as many police officers driving and talking on their phone as I see regular citizens. Two accidents in two nights and no way can it be the officers fault. Ron, I thought Louis Kahn's plan was actually pretty good.— ralph
- They already have those. They're common in the suburbs. The recievecers look like small black cameras in the middle of the traffic light pole. Ambulances, fire trucks, and cops use them. Not sure why they're not using them in Philly; but my guess would be cost. There are a lot of intersections and a lot of vehicles that would need to have the equipment.— diacetyl
- Louis I Kahn-such a device DOES exist, and is going to be utilized by express bus drivers in NYC. If they can get their hands on it, I am certain the police can, too.— Ron
- If the City cannot afford Radios that work for their officers when they're in an emergency or have computers in the cars which are always down, then what makes you think they can install this red light system? All drivers need to be aware. Time to use common sense— Neverhit
- Thanks for letting me know that this kind of traffic signal technology already exists. I guess I should have Googled it before asking about it. But I have since researched it and this technology is called Traffic Signal Preemption. I read about it here: http://www.prioritygreen.com/preemption.html It seems like it could make a difference.
- Louis I Kahn: The technology does exist for police/emergency vehicles to change traffic lights from green to red. Good luck getting the Philly streets department to install them--we're just lucky to be driving on asphalt instead of cobblestones.— cygnus
- why is it always "someone" crashing into a cop car and never a cop car crashing into a civilian ? We've all seen the officers FLYING down a street for whatever reason at a reckless rate of speed. Just because your in a police care doesnt' mean you should drive with no regard to others on the road.— nettiegzzz
- Accidents happen....... It's as simple as that!— New Media Survivor
Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.
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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.
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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.
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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.
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