Crime & Safety
Update: Officer Released from Hospital
Officer was pursuing 'reckless' motorist when he crashed his cruiser.
The Charleston County Sheriff is investigating a single-vehicle accident that injured a Mount Pleasant police officer early this morning.
It happened around 2:15 a.m., police say. That's when the officer was trying to pursue a reckless motorist in wet conditions inside the Charleston National subdivision.
"The officer was maneuvering his vehicle in an attempt to initiate a traffic stop on a suspect who was operating in a reckless and dangerous manner in the area," wrote Capt. Stan Gragg, police spokesman, in a nes release. "The officer lost control of his vehicle and collided into a wooden bridge."
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The unnamed officer sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from the hospital, Gragg said. The sheriff's investigation of the accident is standard.
Read more about the accident at WCBD-TV and watch a raw video from the crash scene.
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