Montco Motorcycle Cops Crash During I-95 Motorcade

EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — Two police officers from Montgomery County who were driving motorcycles crashed Thursday morning on Interstate 95 south in Philadelphia while riding in a motorcade of other officers, authorities said.

According to officials, the crash happened at about 8 a.m. on I-95 south between the Columbus Boulevard/Washington Avenue exit and the Interstate 76 East/Walt Whitman Bridge exit.

One officer was from Abington Township while the other was from Upper Dublin Township, state police said.

Pennsylvania State Police said the crash happened during a motorcycle procession just past Penn's Landing. The motorcade of police officers was on its way to the WMMR Preston and Steve Camp Out for Hunger event at the Sports Complex in South Philadelphia.

Video from the scene showed one motorcycle clipped a white Ford transit van that was disabled and stopped on the highway's left shoulder. Authorities believe a door on the van opened, causing the officer to strike it, police said.

The officer fell off his motorcycle and into the path of another motorcycle. The fallen officer was struck by that motorcycle, and the officer on that bike also fell, the video shows.

The second officer was quick to get up, but the initial fallen officer appeared to be injured more seriously.

State police said both officers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating and troopers are en-route to the hospital for additional information.

Patch Staff Writer Max Bennett contributed to this report