OPP officer seriously injured after being struck by vehicle in Waterdown

UPDATE

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer has suffered “significant injuries” after being struck by a vehicle in Waterdown Tuesday night.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says it happened around 7 p.m. when several officers were directing traffic at the scene of a collision on Highway 6 near Parkside Dr.

An OPP officer directing traffic at a collision scene on #Hwy6 was struck while he was outside of his police vehicle. He has been taken to hospital with unknown injuries.
Updates to follow. pic.twitter.com/AAubh6kqaE

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) January 29, 2020

Schmidt says a vehicle drove through the crash scene and struck a sergeant from Burlington’s OPP detachment.

The officer was taken to hospital with serious but non-threatening injuries by paramedics.

Update: OPP officer injured on #Hwy6 has been released from hospital. He has signififant injures that will take time to recover from.
Driver was making a turn at the intersection of Parkside Dr and struck the officer.
Investigation ongoing.

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) January 29, 2020

Police say the driver was attempting to make a turn at the intersection when the officer was struck.

No charges have been laid.

Police are still investigating the incident.