Irondequoit, N.Y. — An Irondequoit police officer was involved in a crash involving a Penfield ambulance on Portland Avenue Saturday night.
Police say that around 8:05 p.m., an Irondequoit police officer was headed to a call to help another officer with a traffic stop.
The officer headed south on Portland Avenue and approached the intersection of Route 104 and Portland Avenue, where the vehicles were stopped at the traffic lights. As the officer went through the intersection, he was struck by a Penfield ambulance that had left Rochester General Hospital.
Both the officer and the EMT’s were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital. The officer suffered a laceration to the head and will be treated and released. One of the EMTs was treated and released, while the other EMT is still undergoing cautionary testing by the medical staff.
