A crash on Tidewater Drive in Norfolk left a sheriff’s deputy trapped in her marked vehicle on Monday.
According to a spokesperson for the Norfolk Police Department, the deputy was responding to a call for a person that was suicidal at the time of the crash. She had been driving north on Tidewater Drive after 9 a.m. when her vehicle was struck by another vehicle turning off E. Lorengo Avenue.
Upon arrival, first responders found the deputy has become trapped inside of her marked emergency vehicle.
Norfolk-Fire Rescue extricated the deputy from her vehicle, and both drivers were taken to the hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. According to PulsePoint, the call for the crash was closed after about an hour and a half.
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