Motorcyclist Charged After State Trooper Is Hit In E. Nottingham

EAST NOTTINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA — A high visibility reflective vest was not enough to prevent a Pennsylvania State Trooper from being hit while directing traffic at a horse-and-buggy crash scene Tuesday morning in Chester County.

A motorcyclist was allegedly driving carelessly and with a suspended license in East Nottingham Township when he injured a PA State Trooper, police reported Tuesday.

The crash happened around 6:19 a.m. Tuesday at 5th Street and Little Elk Creek Road in East Nottingham Township. While Troopers investigated this crash around 8 a.m. Tuesday, a Trooper wearing a high visibility vest was directing traffic at the intersection. A motorcycle driven by Eugenio Ortiz Perez-Bard, 33, struck the Trooper, the police report said.

According to the report, Perez-Bard had a suspended driver's license and was driving the motorcycle in a careless manner.

Both the Trooper and the motorcycle driver were taken to Christiana Hospital with injuries. The Trooper who was struck was in stable condition Tuesday afternoon, police reported.

The Pennsylvania State Police said it will serve a warrant with assistance from the Delaware State Police when Perez-Bard is medically cleared.

Perez-Bard has been charged with accidents involving injury while not licensed, a third-degree felony; recklessly endangering another person; reckless driving, careless driving, and other summary offenses, according to the police report.

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